Research Catalog

Title

Africa in a changing global environment : perspectives of climate change adaption and mitigation strategies in Africa / Shingirirai Savious Mutanga, Thokozani Simelane, Nedson Pophiwa (eds).

Publication

Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious
• Simelane, Thokozani
• Pophiwa, Nedson
• Africa Institute of South Africa.

Description

xiii, 219 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

• Global environmental change > Case studies
• Climate change mitigation > Africa
• Climatic changes > Africa
• Africa > Environmental conditions

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / Shingirirai Savious Mutanga and Nedson Pophiwa -- Climate change and water degradation: challenges for sustaining human security in the Lake Chad Basin / Nicasius Achu Check -- Shingirirai Savious Mutanga -- Rainfall variability and crop production: the maze climate change brought to rain-fed agriculture / Edmore Kori -- Maize innovation for climate change adaptation: evidence from rural Nigeria /Justice Akpene Tambo -- Application of traditional knowledge in predicting and adapting to climate: indicators of change and coping strategies for rural communities in the central rift valley of Ethiopia / Yoseph Melka, Habtemariam Kassa and Ute Schmiedel -- Climate change adaption through sound land use planning: while the world ticks, Ethiopia lags / Tendayi Gondo -- Embracing the green economy: concepts and concerns / Martin Kaggwa and Muchaiteyi Togo -- The implications of a transition to a green economy in the African context / Muchaiteyi Togo and Martin Kaggwa -- Exploring the challenges and opportunities for low carbon climate resilient development in Africa / Shakespear Mudombi -- Cities as green economy drivers: making a case for green cities in South Africa / Shingirirai Savious Mutanga, Nedson Pophiwa and Thokozani Simelane -- The development and diffusion of biofuels as an adaptation strategy in Zimbabwe / Chipo Nyamweno -- Defining parameters for sustainable hydropower generation in light of climate change: a case study of Zambia's Kafue Flats / Shingirirai Savious Mutanga and Nomasonto Magano -- Conclusion / Shingirirai Savious Mutanga, Nedson Pophiwa and Thokozani Simelane.

ISBN

• 9780798303750 (pbk.)
• 0798303751 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 862221237
• SCSB-13208160

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library