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 capac
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ptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
Joseph A. Yaro Jan Hesselberg •
Editors
Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
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Editors Joseph A. Yaro Department of Geography and Resource Development University of Ghana Legon Ghana
ISBN 978-3-319-31497-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31499-0
Jan Hesselberg Department of Sociology and Human Geography University of Oslo Oslo Norway
ISBN 978-3-319-31499-0
(eBook)
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Contents
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Introduction to Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Awetori Yaro and Jan Hesselberg
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What’s on the 5th IPCC Report for West Africa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jens O. Riede, Rafael Posada, Andreas H. Fink and Frank Kaspar
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Climate Change over West Africa: Recent Trends and Future Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, Pinghouinde Michel Nikiema, Peter Gibba, Ibourahima Kebe and Nana Ama Browne Klutse
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Seasonal Variability: Impacts, Adaptations and the Sustainability Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna Pardoe, Julia Kloos and Noël Perceval Assogba
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An Assessment of Determinants of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change/Variability in the Rural Savannah of Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph A. Yaro, Joseph K. Teye and Simon Bawakyillenuo
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Climate Change, Local Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emmanuel K. Derbile, Francis X. Jarawura and Mohammed Y. Dombo
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Building Bonds and Breaking Bridges: C
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