Water and climate change in Africa : challenges and community initiatives in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi / edited by Patricia E. Perkins.

In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be thre...

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Other Authors: Perkins, Patricia E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge advances in climate change research ; 2.
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Summary:In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be threatened due to fluctuations in rainfall and temperature, and to extreme weather events. Because weather extremes are the main way that climate change manifests itself, water governance is a crucial aspect of climate change resilience. Following an overview of the ways climate change is affec.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203556047
0203556046
9781136773129
1136773126
9781136773198
1136773193
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