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Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa

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This book provides conceptual and empirical discussions of adaptation to climate change/variability in rural West Africa. It brings on-board country experiences in adaptation by different socio-economic groups and efforts at building adaptive capacity. It presents a holistic understanding of adaptation and shows contextual and generic sources of adaptive capacity. Focusing on adaptation to climate change/variability is critical because the development challenges of rural West Africa have been historically intertwined with its climate. Moreover, emerging patterns of climate change are inextricably linked to developmental issues today for West Africa’s agrarian communities with high numbers of the population earning a living directly and indirectly from the natural environment.

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  1. Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

    Joseph Awetori Yaro

  2. Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Jan Hesselberg

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  1. Dept. of Geography and Resource Devl., University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

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    Jan Hesselberg

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Yaro, J.A., Hesselberg, J. (2016). Introduction to Book. In: Yaro, J., Hesselberg, J. (eds) Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31499-0_1

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