Climate change adaptation in Africa : an historical ecology / Gufu Oba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oba, Gufu, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in climate change research.

Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral systems--Horn of Africa--History.

Pastoral systems.

Pastoral systems--Africa, Eastern--History.

Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Horn of Africa.

Pastoral systems--Environmental aspects--Africa, Eastern.

Climatic changes--Horn of Africa.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the context of growing global concerns about climate change, this book presents a regional and sub-continental synthesis of pastoralists' responses to past environmental changes and reflects on the lessons for current and future environmental challenges. Drawing from rock art, archaeology, paleoecological data, trade, ancient hydrological technology, vegetation, social memory and historical documentation, this book creates detailed reconstructions of past climate change adaptations across Sahelian Africa. It evaluates the present and future challenges to climate change adaptation in the region in terms of social memory, rainfall variability, environmental change and armed conflicts and examines the ways in which governance and policy drivers may undermine pastoralists' adaptive strategies. The book's scope covers the Red Sea coast, Somaliland, Somalia, the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, and northern Kenya, part of the Ethiopian highlands and Eritrea, areas where past climate change has been extreme and future change makes it vital to understand the dynamics of adaptation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental history, human ecology, geography, climate change, environment studies, development studies, pastoralism, anthropology and African studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Preface; 1 An historical ecological framework: introduction; 2 Rock art pastoralists: historical ecology of adaptations; 3 Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: social and ecological perspectives; 4 Coastal commerce - interior caravan trade: pastoralists' participation ca. ad 600-1900; 5 Origin of ancient well technology: historical hypotheses; 6 Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: centuries of adaptations

7 The nineteenth- and twentieth-century environmental changes: European journal narratives8 Adaptive responses to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities, ca. 1908-1962: a case study; 9 Challenges to future climate change adaptations: some propositions; 10 Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-74590-6

1-315-79490-X

1-317-74591-4

9781315794907

OCLC:

884550077