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Climate Change in the Context of Urban Development in Africa

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Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia

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Based on a number of studies and scientific reports on the historical evolution of global temperatures, it has been determined that climatic change is inclined toward warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now declared that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level” (IPCC 2007: 30). This global warming has become a major threat to sustainable development and growth in all regions around the world, and particularly so in Africa as this work demonstrates.

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    Kempe Ronald Hope Sr.

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    Asfaw Kumssa

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Hope, K.R. (2011). Climate Change in the Context of Urban Development in Africa. In: Yuen, B., Kumssa, A. (eds) Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9867-2_3

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