دانلود کتاب The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands: With a focus on West Africa (Environment & Policy)

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Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Contributing Authors......Page 10
‘Voices from the Sahel’......Page 14
Foreword......Page 16
1 THE ICCD RESEARCH......Page 22
2 THE WORLD’S DRYLANDS: A CLASSIFICATION......Page 38
3 CLIMATE CHANGE IN DRYLAND WEST AFRICA?......Page 46
4 UNCERTAINCIES IN MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE......Page 52
5 CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR DRYLAND WEST AFRICA, 1990-2050......Page 62
6 CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT RISKS FOR AGRICULTURE......Page 68
7 SAHELIAN LIVELIHOODS ON THE REBOUND......Page 80
8 POPULATION DYNAMICS......Page 98
9 DRIVING FORCES FOR CHANGES IN LAND USE......Page 102
10 COTTON AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN WEST AFRICA......Page 116
11 A LITERATURE SURVEY ABOUT RISK AND VULNERABILITY IN DRYLANDS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE SAHEL......Page 136
12 CLIMATE AND LIVELIHOOD CHANGE IN NORTH EAST GHANA......Page 168
13 PATHWAYS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE VARIABILITY......Page 192
14 RESPONSES TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN THE KAYA REGION......Page 226
15 CHANGE AND ADAPTATION IN A LIVESTOCK-PRODUCING REGION......Page 262
16 LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 286
17 SOME COMMENTS ON PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION......Page 312
18 URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES AND CLIMATIC VARIABILITY......Page 320
19 CLIMATE DETERIORATION AND REGIONAL SPECIFICITY......Page 342
20 THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES......Page 360
21 CLIMATE VARIABILITY, RISK COPING AND AGRARIAN......Page 384
22 CLIMATE CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT OF CATASTOPHIC RISK......Page 404
23 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS......Page 416
24 CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS IN WEST AFRICA......Page 422
References......Page 428
Index......Page 454
Colour Section......Page 470