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1 online resource (xii, 259 pages :) : color illustrations |
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text file |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures, pl ates and tables; Foreword; About the Authors; PART I -- Introduction; CHAPTER 1 -- Pastoralism for a Sustainable Future in East Africa -- An Introduction; An Overview; Understanding the Pastoral Production Systems; Vulnerability and Responses to Climate Change Shocks and Stresses in Pastoral Communities; Pastoral Knowledge Systems and Resilience to Climate Change; Policy Concerns in East Africa in Relation to Pastoralists; Contribution of Pastoralism to National Economies; References |
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CHAPTER 2 -- A Photographic Introduction to Pastoralism in Tanzania by Vedasto Msungu, photographs taken in 2016 in northern TanzaniaCHAPTER 3 -- Understanding the Pastoral Production System of East Africa; Introduction; Understanding Rangeland Dynamics and their Variability in Semi-Arid Lands of East Africa; Pastoralism -- Its Importance and Negligence; Sustainability of the Pastoral Production System; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 4 -- The Impacts of Climate Change on the Pastoral System in East Africa; Background; Climate Change Impacts on Rangelands |
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Climate Change Impacts on Livestock ProductionClimate Change Impacts on Communities; Sustainability of Pastoralism under Climate Change; References; PART II -- Vulnerability and Responses to Climate Change Shocks and Stresses in Pastoral Communities; CHAPTER 5 -- Dimensions of Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability in Pastoral Production Systems of East Africa; Introduction; Exposure to Climate Change and Variability; Sensitivity to Climate Change and Variability; Adaptive Capacity of East African Pastoral Systems; Conclusion; References |
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CHAPTER 6 -- Role of Culture and Gender in Shaping Rangeland Management and AdaptationIntroduction; Pastoralists of East Africa; Culture and Pastoralism; Culture, Gender Roles and Responsibilities among Pastoral Societies in East Africa; Gender and Climate Change; Contribution of Culture and Gender to Climate Change Adaptation Traditional Coping Strategies for Pastoralists; Livestock mobility; Herd diversification; Livelihood diversification; Cultural Institutions for Climate Change Adaptation; References; PART III -- Pastoral Knowledge Systems and Resilience to Climate Change |
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CHAPTER 7 -- The Technical and Social Knowledge Systems of Pastoral Mobility in East AfricaIntroduction; Pastoralism as a Livelihood System; Understanding the system; Perceptions of Pastoral Mobility Patterns; The Role of Pastoral Knowledge Systems in Mobility Patterns; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 8 -- Nomadic Pastoralism and Natural Resource Use Conflicts in East Africa; Introduction; Understanding Natural Resource Use Conflicts; A conceptual framework; Systems-to-be-governed: Areas and reasons for pastoral conflicts; The natural system; The social system; The governing system |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Climatic changes -- Africa, East.
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Climatic changes. |
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Africa, East. |
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Pastoral systems -- Africa, East.
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Pastoral systems. |
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Electronic books.
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Mung'ong'o, C. G., editor.
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Yanda, Pius Z., editor.
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Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Centre for Climate Change Studies.
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Project Muse.
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Print version: Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd., [2016] 9789987753925 9987753922 (DLC) 2017319381 (OCoLC)1021883505 |
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9987083927 |
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9789987083923 (electronic book) |
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9789987753925 |
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9987753922 |
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