Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa

This book presents conceptual and empirical discussions of adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa. Highlighting different countries’ experiences in adaptation by different socio-economic groups and efforts at building their adaptive capacity, it offers readers a holistic understandi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yaro, Joseph A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hesselberg, Jan. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31499-0
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to book
  • What’s on the 5th IPCC report for West Africa?
  • Climate Change over West Africa: Recent Trends and Future Projections
  • Seasonal variability: Impacts, adaptations and the sustainability challenge
  • An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the rural savannah of Ghana
  • Climate Change, Local knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana
  • Building Bonds and Breaking Bridges: Community Based Adaptation (CBA) as a source of conflict in a northern Ghanaian landscape
  • Climate Change Adaptation, Education, and Rural Transformation in Northern Ghana. Moving beyond an agricultural focus.