African Climate and Climate Change: Physical, Social and Political Perspectives

Book Overview

1 Introduction.- 2 Large scale features affecting Ethiopian rainfall.- 3 Ethiopian rainfall in climate models.-4 Extreme rainfall events over southern Africa .- 5 Understanding the large scale driving mechanisms of rainfall variability over central Africa.- 6 Climate change impacts on hydrology in Africa: Case studies of basin water resources.- 7 Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa.- 8 Climate change and migration: A modeling approach.- Conclusions.- Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048138418
• ISBN13: 9789048138418
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"