Climate Change in Asia and Africa - Examining the Biophysical and Social Consequences, and Society's Responses

Edited by John P. Tiefenbacher

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Abstract: This volume contains studies of the implications of changing climates in Asia and Africa, two regions containing the majority of Earth's population and many less developed countries. People of this region often lack the cushion of advanced technologies or economic safety nets that the West has come to expect. The region has significant resource-development challenges, particularly for food production. The consequences of changing climates for the natural and human environments in this region are different in their social and economic contexts. The challenges are often complicated by a lack of data and lack access to relatively common technological systems that enable monitoring, field work, management, and mitigation. This book contains three parts that focus on the biophysical and social consequences of changing climates and progress toward adaptation and mitigation to change. There are studies on evapotranspiration rates in North Africa, precipitation extremes in Asia, coral bleaching in the Indian Ocean, the patterns of humid-region flood risk and hazards in Asia, the implications of climate change for Zimbabwe's horticultural sector, agricultural vulnerability in Uganda, mitigation and adaptation on palm-oil plantations in Indonesia, the value of farmer's knowledge for mitigating precipitation variability in eastern and southern Africa, sustainable carbon management in paddy rice-growing regions, adaptation to changing patterns of hazards in India, river flooding and temporary displacement of women and children of Nigerian villages, and management and mitigation of ecological impacts and diversity in Nepal.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-83962-629-6
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Adapting to Climatic Extremes through Climate Resilient Industrial Landscapes: Building Capacities in the Southern Indian States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Narendran Kodandapani

Biophysical Effects of Evapotranspiration on Steppe Areas: A Case Study in Naâma Region (Algeria)

Benaradj Abdelkrim, Hafidha Boucherit, Abdelkader Bouderbala and Okkacha Hasnaoui

Changing Climatic Hazards in the Coast: Risks and Impacts on Satkhira, One of the Most Vulnerable Districts in Bangladesh

Md. Golam Rabbani, Md. Nasir Uddin and Sirazoom Munira

Climate Change Induced Thermal Stress Caused Recurrent Coral Bleaching over Gulf of Kachchh and Malvan Marine Sanctuary, West Coast of India

Mohit Arora, Kalyan De, Nandini Ray Chaudhury, Mandar Nanajkar, Prakash Chauhan and Brijendra Pateriya

Climate Change Risks in Horticultural Value Chains: A Case Study from Zimbabwe

Nqobizitha Dube

Climate-Driven Temporary Displacement of Women and Children in Anambra State, Nigeria: The Causes and Consequences

Akanwa Angela Oyilieze, Emmanuel O. Ogbuefi, Uche M. Umeh, Uwa-Abasi E. Ugwuoke, Chiamaka A. Okeke, Nora I. Anazodo, Chinenye B. Oranu, Theresa O. Nwakacha, Princess I. Izunobi, Chinonye E. Obioma, Angela C. Enweruzor, Sophia N. Amobi, Jennifer Okeke, Fred A. Omoruyi, Ijeoma N. Okedo-Alex, Kenebechukwu J. Okafor, Ngozi N. Joe-Ikechebelu and Sylvia Tochukwu Echendu

Consequences of Climate Change Impacts and Implications on Ecosystem and Biodiversity; Impacts of Developmental Projects and Mitigation Strategy in Nepal

Ramesh Prasad Prasad Bhatt

Evaluation of the Spatial Distribution of the Annual Extreme Precipitation Using Kriging and Co-Kriging Methods in Algeria Country

Hicham Salhi

Flooding and Flood Modeling in a Typhoon Belt Environment: The Case of the Philippines

Fibor J. Tan

Integrating Local Farmers Knowledge Systems in Rainfall Prediction and Available Weather Forecasts to Mitigate Climate Variability: Perspectives from Western Kenya

Daniel Kipkosgei Kipkosgei Murgor

Mapping and Assessment of Evapotranspiration over Different Land-Use/Land-Cover Types in Arid Ecosystem

Khalid Turk, Faisal Zeineldin and Abdulrahman Alghannam

Opportunities and Challenges of Mitigation and Adaptation of Climate Change in Indonesia

Gun Mardiatmoko

Sustainable Carbon Management Practices (CMP) - A Way Forward in Reducing CO 2 Flux

Biswabara Sahu, Snigdha Chatterjee and Ruby Patel

The Impacts of Climate Change in Lwengo, Uganda

Shyamli Singh and Owamani Olive Kagweza

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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.77537

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