Vulnerability Assessment in African Villages under Conditions of Land Use and Climate Change: Case Studies from Mkomazi and Keiskamma

Torsten Grothmann, Maximilian Petzold, Patrick Ndaki, Vincent Kakembo, Bernd Siebenhüner, Michael Kleyer, Pius Yanda and Naledzani Ndou
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Torsten Grothmann: Ecological Economics Group, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26111, Germany
Maximilian Petzold: Landscape Ecology Group, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26111, Germany
Patrick Ndaki: Centre for Climate Change Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam 16103, Tanzania
Vincent Kakembo: Department for Geosciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
Bernd Siebenhüner: Ecological Economics Group, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26111, Germany
Michael Kleyer: Landscape Ecology Group, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26111, Germany
Pius Yanda: Centre for Climate Change Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam 16103, Tanzania
Naledzani Ndou: Department for Geosciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-30

Abstract: While most climate change vulnerability assessments focus on regional or city-levels, this paper studies villages and their different forms of vulnerability vis-

Keywords: vulnerability assessment; climate change adaptation; agricultural production; communities; governance; socio-ecological systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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