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Environmental Change and African Societies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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The volume Environmental Change and African Societies contributes to current debates on global climate change from the perspectives of the social sciences and the humanities. It charts past and present environmental change in different African settings and also discusses policies and scenarios for the future. The first section, “Ideas”, enquires into local perceptions of the environment, followed by contributions on historical cases of environmental change and state regulation. The section “Present” addresses decision-making and agenda-setting processes related to current representations and/or predicted effects of climate change. The section “Prospects” is concerned with contemporary African megatrends. The authors move across different scales of investigation, from locally-grounded ethnographic analyses to discussions on continental trends and international policy. Contributors are: Daniel Callo-Concha, Joy Clancy, Manfred Denich, Sara de Wit, Ton Dietz, Irit Eguavoen, Ben Fanstone, Ingo Haltermann, Laura Jeffrey, Emmanuel Kreike, Vimbai Kwashirai, James C. McCann, Bertrand F. Nero, Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Erick G. Tambo, Julia Tischler.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-17
Mått155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt718 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieClimate and Culture
Antal sidor348
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004410831

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Ingo Haltermann, geographer and freelance editor, especially engages in projects dealing with the perception of and response to climate change. Amongst others he published The Perception of Natural Hazards in the Context of Human (In-)Security (Peter Lang, 2012). Julia Tischler is Assistant Professor of African History at Basel University, Switzerland, and author of Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation. The Kariba Dam Scheme in the Central African Federation (Palgrave, 2013). Her research focusses on Southern Africa, development, and environmental history.

ForewordAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Environmental Change and African SocietiesJulia Tischler and Ingo HaltermannPart 1Ideas1 To See or Not to See: On the ‘Absence’ of Climate Change (Discourse) in Maasailand, Northern TanzaniaSara de Wit2 Perspectives on Climate Change in Makonde District, Zimbabwe since 2000Vimbai KwashiraiPart 2Past3 Environmental and Climate Change in Africa: Global Drought and Local Environmental InfrastructureEmmanuel Kreike4 Shamba Forestry in Colonial Kenya: Colonial Dominance or African Opportunity?Ben FanstonePart 3Present5 I’m Staying! Climate Variability and Circular Migration in Burkina FasoJonas Østergaard Nielsen6 Living with a Changing Climate in sub-Saharan Africa: More of the SameJoy Clancy7 Sustainable Mauritius? Environmental Change, Energy Efficiency, and Sustainable Development in a Small Island State in the Indian OceanLaura Jeffery8 Transformative Learning for Global Change? Reflections on the wascal Master Programme in Climate Change and Education in the GambiaIrit Eguavoen and Erick TamboPart 4Prospects9 Africa in Transition: What Role for the Environment?Ton Dietz10 Africa’s High Modernism: Historical Ecologies of Climate Change and Hydrologies of Watersheds (Blue Nile and Zambezi)James C. McCann11 Increasing Urbanisation and the Role of Green Spaces in Urban Climate Resilience in AfricaBertrand F. Nero, Daniel Callo- Concha, and Manfred DenichBibliographyIndex