Overview
- Presents holistic and transdisciplinary approach (the Ghana Model) to enhance resilience against climate and ecosystem changes
- Provides prediction of future climate and agricultural production through change downscaling and crop modelling
- Introduces integrated community-based resilience assessment and ecosystem-based adaption strategies
Part of the book series: Science for Sustainable Societies (SFSS)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Case Studies on Climate and Ecosystem Change Impacts on Agriculture and Livelihood
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Case Studies on Ecosystem, Bio-production and Socio-ecological Production Landscapes
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Case Studies on Climate Change Adaptation and Coping Strategies
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Keywords
About this book
This book summarizes studies on climate and ecosystem change adaptation and resilience in Africa (CECAR-Africa), a collaboration with the goal of creating an integrated resilience enhancement strategy as a potential model for semi-arid regions across Sub-Saharan Africa by combining climate change and ecosystem change research. The case studies were conducted at multiple scales – local, national, and regional – and incorporate the natural sciences, social sciences and engineering in a transdisciplinary manner while also integrating the needs of local communities.
The book chiefly addresses three thematic areas, namely: Forecast and assessment of climate change impacts on agro-ecosystems; Risk assessment of extreme weather hazards and development of adaptive resource management methods; and Implementing capacity development programs for local leaders and practitioners. The collaborative nature of the project and the use of various quantitative and qualitative research technique
s and methods – such as field surveys, questionnaires, focus group discussions, land use and cover change analysis, and climate downscaled modeling – make the book truly unique.
Especially at a time when both long-term climate change and short-term extreme weather events such as droughts and floods are worsening, this book offers potential approaches to developing an integrated framework for assessing the local ability to cope with floods and droughts, and for enhancing the resilience of farming communities in developing countries, which are the most vulnerable to these changes and extreme weather events. As such, it will be of interest to a wider audience, including academics, professionals, and government officials alike.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Osamu Saito, Ph.D, Academic Director/ Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Ph.D., Director and Project Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), Tokyo, Japan; Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan
Edwin A. Gyasi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Agricultural Mechanisation and Irrigation Technology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Editors: Osamu Saito, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Edwin A. Gyasi
Series Title: Science for Sustainable Societies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4794-7Published: 05 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5233-1Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4796-1Published: 19 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-7348
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7356
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 343
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Agriculture, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Sustainable Development, Climate Change