Africa environment outlook : case studies : human vulnerability to environmental change.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United Nations Environment Programme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental conditions.

Africa--Environmental conditions.

Africa.

Environmental policy--Africa.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 182 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

polychrome

Other Title:

Human vulnerability to environmental change

Place of Publication:

Stevenage, Hertfordshire : published by Earthprint Limited on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, 2004.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.

text file

Contents:

pt. 1. Case studies illustrating environmental change and its impact on human vulnerability: case study 1. Communal conflicts in Darfur region, Western Sudan ; case study 2. Impact of environmental change on human vulnerability in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda ; case study 3. Environmental change and the vulnerability of pastoralists to drought: the Maasai in Amboseli, Kenya ; case study 4. Deforestation as a cause of human vulnerability: communities living near the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon ; case study 5. Lake Vicroria: a case study of complex interrelationships ; case study 6. The consequences of hasty industrialization in Saldanha Bay, South Africa

pt. 2. Case studies showing interventions to control environmental degredation and reduce human vulnerability: case study 7. Reducing vulnerability of herders in the Eastern region of Morocco ; case study 8. The role of community wildlife-based enterprises in reducing human vulnerability: the Il Ngwesi Ecotourism Project, Kenya ; case study 9. Land degredation and human vulnerability in the drylands of northern Namibia ; case study 10. Decreasing human vulnerability in Manchieyt Nasser, Cairo, Egypt ; case study 11. Cyclone early warning systems in the Western Indian Ocean ; case study 12. Malaria control in Mauritius.

Notes:

A complement to the Africa environment outlook report (2002).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9280723650

9789280723656

OCLC:

56087439