Building community resilience to climate change : lessons from Choke Mountain agro-ecosystems, Abay / the Blue Nile highlands / Belay Simane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belay Simane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan).

Climatic changes.

Ecology--Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan).

Ecology.

Agricultural ecology.

Ethiopia.

Genre:

Case studies

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Addis Ababa : Addis Ababa University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book represents a detailed local-scale analysis of the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to climate change, experiences and lessons from community-based adaptation efforts, advantages of agroecosystem-based adaptation planning, and provides useful insights about how communities could be made climate resilient. The Choke Mountain watersheds and communities are used as case study subjects. Though a local-specific study, the findings, conclusions and recommendations are valid and useful beyond the watersheds and communities studied; it is a useful edition to the limited empirical literature we have on climate change adaptation in Ethiopia. It is thus a commendable reference material for decision-makers, development practitioners and researchers alike. I would certainly recommend it to my masters and doctoral students. - Woldeamlak Bewket, Professor of Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University"--Back of book

Contents:

The Choke Mountain ecosystems

the context of climate change and response measures

A framework for adaptation action

Agroecosystems of the Choke Mountains watersheds

Vulnerability of Choke agroecosystems

The effectiveness of community-based adaption

Agroecosystem-based adaption strategies

Towards a resilient community

Summary and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789994452712

9994452711

OCLC:

951803915