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Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I

Continental Perspectives and Insights from Western and Central Africa

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Editors:
  1. Alexandros Gasparatos

    1. Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Abubakari Ahmed

    1. Department of Planning, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana

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  3. Merle Naidoo

    1. Graduate Programme in Sustainability Science – Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  4. Alice Karanja

    1. Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  5. Kensuke Fukushi

    1. Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

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  6. Osamu Saito

    1. Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  7. Kazuhiko Takeuchi

    1. Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Shed light on how sustainability science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces
  • Offers local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences
  • Provides an authoritative source of information on how sustainability science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts through the multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach

Part of the book series: Science for Sustainable Societies (SFSS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Continental Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

      • Denabo Juju, Gideon Baffoe, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Alice Karanja, Merle Naidoo, Abubakari Ahmed et al.
      Pages 3-50

    3. Enabling Sustainable Bioenergy Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategic Issues for Achieving Climate-Compatible Developments

      • Francis X. Johnson, Bothwell Batidzirai, Miyuki Iiyama, Caroline A. Ochieng, Olle Olsson, Linus Mofor et al.
      Pages 51-80

    4. Linking Industrial Crop Production and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Local, National and Continental Perspectives

      • Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Abubakari Ahmed, Alice Karanja, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Boubacar Siddighi Balde, Linda Chinangwa et al.
      Pages 81-136

    5. Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Insights from Italian Investments

      • Marta Antonelli, Stefania Bracco, Margherita Emma Turvani, Antonio Vicario
      Pages 137-159

    6. Determinants of Foreign Investment and International Aid for Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: A Visual Cognitive Review of the Literature

      • Julia Lopes, Albert Novas Somanje, Esteban Velez, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Osamu Saito
      Pages 161-187

  3. Western Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Perceived Community Resilience to Floods and Droughts Induced by Climate Change in Semi-arid Ghana

      • Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Osamu Saito, Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Gerald A. B. Yiran, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Geetha Mohan et al.
      Pages 191-219

    3. Linking Rural Livelihoods and Fuelwood Demand from Mangroves and Upland Forests in the Coastal Region of Guinea

      • Boubacar Siddighi Balde, Alice Karanja, Hajime Kobayashi, Alexandros Gasparatos
      Pages 221-244

    4. Strategic Partnerships Between Universities and Non-academic Institutions for Sustainability and Innovation: Insights from the University of Ghana

      • Adelina Maria Mensah, Christopher Gordon
      Pages 245-278

  4. Central Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Long-Term Vegetation Change in Central Africa: The Need for an Integrated Management Framework for Forests and Savannas

      • Julie C. Aleman, Adeline Fayolle
      Pages 281-315

    3. Forest–Agriculture in the Centre–South Region of Cameroon: How Does Traditional Knowledge Inform-Integrated Management Approaches?

      • William Armand Mala, Coert J. Geldenhuys, Ravi Prabhu, François Manga Essouma
      Pages 317-353

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 355-360
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About this book

The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship.

This volume sets the stage for the series. PartI introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II‐III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Alexandros Gasparatos, Alice Karanja

  • Department of Planning, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana

    Abubakari Ahmed

  • Graduate Programme in Sustainability Science – Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Merle Naidoo

  • Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

    Kensuke Fukushi

  • Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Osamu Saito, Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I

  • Book Subtitle: Continental Perspectives and Insights from Western and Central Africa

  • Editors: Alexandros Gasparatos, Abubakari Ahmed, Merle Naidoo, Alice Karanja, Kensuke Fukushi, Osamu Saito, Kazuhiko Takeuchi

  • Series Title: Science for Sustainable Societies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4457-6Published: 05 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4460-6Published: 06 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4458-3Published: 04 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2197-7348

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7356

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Development and Sustainability

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