Households' Adaptation to Climate Change Hazards in Semi-Arid Region of Mopani, South Africa

Yusuf Musa Jimoh, Yusuf Musa Jimoh, Peter Bikam, Hector Chikoore, James Chakwizira and Emmaculate Ingwani

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Abstract: New climate change realities are no longer a doubtful phenomenon, but realities to adapt and live with. Its cogent impacts and implications' dispositions pervade all sectors and geographic scales, making no sector or geographic area immune, nor any human endeavor spared from the associated adversities. The consequences of this emerging climate order are already manifesting, with narratives written beyond the alterations in temperature and precipitation, particularly in urban areas of semi-arid region of South Africa. The need to better understand and respond to the new climate change realities is particularly acute in this region. Thus, this chapter highlights the concept of adaptation as a fundamental component of managing climate change vulnerability, through identifying and providing insight in respect of some available climate change adaptation models and how these models fit within the premises and programmes of sustainable adaptation in semi-arid region with gaps identification. The efforts of governments within the global context are examined with households' individual adaptation strategies to climate change hazards in Mopani District. The factors hindering the success of sustainable urban climate change adaptation strategic framework and urban households' adaptive systems are also subjects of debate and constitute the concluding remarks to the chapter.

Keywords: households; adaptation; climate change; semi-arid; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H84 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.94759

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