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03157cam a2200301 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781138013995 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English. |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
636.08450963 |
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OBA-C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Oba, Gufu. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Climate change adaptation in Africa : |
| Sub Title |
an historical ecology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Gufu Oba. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
London & New York: |
| Name of publisher |
Routledge, |
| Year of publication |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xiii, 256 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
An historical ecological framework -- Rock art pastoralists : historical ecology of adaptations -- Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge : the social and ecological perspectives -- Coastal commerce-interior caravan trade : pastoralists participation ca. AD 600-1900 -- Origin of the ancient well technology : historical hypotheses -- Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics : centuries of adaptations -- The nineteenth and twentieth century environmental changes : European journal narratives -- Adaptations to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities in the southern lowlands c. 1908-1962 : a case study -- Challenges to future climate change adaptations : some propositions -- Conclusion |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Pastoral systems |
| Geographic subdivision |
Horn of Africa |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Pastoral systems |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa, Eastern |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Pastoral systems |
| General subdivision |
Environmental aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
Horn of Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Pastoral systems |
| General subdivision |
Environmental aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa, Eastern. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Climatic changes |
| Geographic subdivision |
Horn of Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Climatic changes |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa, Eastern. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Herders |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa, Eastern |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Herders |
| Geographic subdivision |
Horn of Africa |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
