Oba, Gufu

Climate change adaptation in Africa: an historical ecology/ - New York: Routledge, 2014. - xiii, 256 p.

An historical ecological framework: introduction --
Rock art pastoralists: historical ecology of adaptations --
Pastoralism, space, time and knowledge: social and ecological perspectives --
Coastal commerce --
interior caravan trade: pastoralists' participation ca. AD 600-1900 --
Origin of ancient well technology: historical hypotheses --
Droughts, famine, locusts and epidemics: centuries of adaptations. --
The nineteenth- and twentieth-century environmental changes: European journal narratives --
Adaptive responses to climate variability, grazing and water scarcities, ca. 1908-1962: a case study --
Challenges to future climate change adaptations: some propositions --
Conclusion --
Index.

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