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.
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Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge advances in climate change research ; 2.
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505 0 |a Introduction: the importance of community-based organizations for equitable water governance in times of climate change / Patricia E. Perkins -- Economic, ecological and climate justice: literacy and politics / Wahu Kaara -- Climate, gender and class justice in Africa / Patrick Bond -- Kilimanjaro initiative: working with youth in Nairobi / Sadique Bilal Issa -- Climate change in South Durban, South Africa / Lushendrie Naidu -- Bringing together community and academic knowledge: the Eduardo Mondlane University Faculty of Education Environmental Education Club / Eugenia Cossa -- Community river restoration in South Africa / Simphiwe Nojiyeza -- Gender and climate change in Mozambique / Saquina Mucavele -- Can you educate hungry people? / Erika Mendes and Tiago Esmael -- A hot climate for civil society: engagement with climate change and water in eThekwini (Durban) / Mary Galvin -- Planning and climate change in Nairobi / Romanus Opiyo -- Climate vulnerability and resilience in local communities / Elizabeth Lorimer -- Durban, climate change, and socio-political transformation / Rehana Dada -- Conclusion: developing community-based responses to climate change / Patricia E. Perkins and Patricia Figueiredo Walker. 
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