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100	1		_aWilliams, Charles J. R. _eeditor.
245	1	0	_aAfrican Climate and Climate Change _h[electronic resource] : _bPhysical, Social and Political Perspectives / _cedited by Charles J. R. Williams, Dominic R. Kniveton.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2011.
300			_aVIII, 204 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aAdvances in Global Change Research, _x1574-0919 ; _v43
505	0		_a1 Introduction -- 2 Large scale features affecting Ethiopian rainfall -- 3 Ethiopian rainfall in climate models.-4 Extreme rainfall events over southern Africa -- 5 Understanding the large scale driving mechanisms of rainfall variability over central Africa -- 6 Climate change impacts on hydrology in Africa: Case studies of basin water resources -- 7 Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa -- 8 Climate change and migration: A modeling approach -- Conclusions -- Index.
520			_aCompared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience and limited adaptative capacity of African society to climate related shocks and stresses. To compound this vulnerability, there remains large knowledge gaps on African climate, manifestations of future climate change and variability for the region and the associated problems of climate change impacts. Research on the subject of African climate change requires an interdisciplinary approach linking studies of environmental, political and socio-economic spheres. In this book we use different case studies on climate change and variability in Africa to illustrate different approaches to the study of climate change in Africa from across the spectrum of physical, social and political sciences. In doing so we attempt to highlight a toolbox of methodologies (along with their limitations and advantages) that may be used to further the understanding of the impacts of climate change in Africa and thus help form the basis for strategies to negate the negative implications of climate change on society.
650		0	_aEnvironmental sciences.
650		0	_aMeteorology.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aPhysical geography.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
650		0	_aHuman Geography.
650	1	4	_aEnvironment.
650	2	4	_aClimate Change.
650	2	4	_aGeography (general).
650	2	4	_aMeteorology/Climatology.
650	2	4	_aPhysical Geography.
650	2	4	_aHuman Geography.
700	1		_aKniveton, Dominic R. _eeditor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789048138418
830		0	_aAdvances in Global Change Research, _x1574-0919 ; _v43
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3842-5
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