Climate change and Africa /

Climate change and Africa /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:xli, 369 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Climatic changes -- Africa.
Climatic changes.
Africa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5778698
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Other authors / contributors:Low, Pak Sum.
ISBN:0521836344
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:9780521836340

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505 0 0 |t Editor's note /  |r Pak Sum Low --  |t Foreword /  |r Mostafa K. Tolba --  |t Foreword /  |r Michael Zammit Cutajar --  |t Foreword /  |r Mikko Pyhala --  |t Foreword /  |r Dieter H. Ehhalt --  |t Preface /  |r Godwin O. P. Obasi --  |t Preface /  |r Wulf Killmann --  |t Preface /  |r Salvano Briceno --  |t Preface /  |r Hassan Virji --  |g 1.  |t Holocene climatic, hydrological and environmental oscillations in the tropics with special reference to Africa /  |r Eric Odada and Daniel Olago --  |g 2.  |t The relative importance of the different forcings on the environment in Ethiopia during the Holocene /  |r Mohammed U. Mohammed --  |g 3.  |t Global warming and African climate change : a reassessment /  |r Mike Hulme, Ruth Doherty, Todd Ngara and Mark New --  |g 4.  |t Interactions of desertification and climate in Africa /  |r Robert C. Balling, Jr. --  |g 5.  |t Africa's climate observed : perspectives on monitoring and management of floods, drought, and desertification /  |r David A. Hastings --  |g 6.  |t Atmospheric chemistry in the tropics /  |r Guy Brasseur, Alex Guenther and Larry Horowitz --  |g 7.  |t Natural and human-induced biomass burning in Africa : an important source for volatile organic compounds in the troposphere /  |r Ralf Koppmann, Kristin von Czapiewski and Michael Komenda --  |g 8.  |t Biomass burning in Africa : role in atmospheric change and opportunities for emission mitigation /  |r Evans Kituyi, Shem O. Wandiga, Meinrat O. Andreae and Gunter Helas --  |g 9.  |t Soil micro-organisms as controllers of trace gas emissions over southern Africa /  |r Luanne B. Otter and Mary C. Scholes --  |g 10.  |t Biomass energy in sub-Saharan Africa /  |r David O. Hall and J. Ivan Scrase --  |g 11.  |t Natural resources : population growth and sustainable development in Africa /  |r Keith Openshaw --  |g 12.  |t Sustainable energy development and the clean development mechanism : African priorities /  |r Randall Spalding-Fecher and Gillian Simmonds --  |g 13.  |t Opportunities for clean energy in the SADC under the UNFCCC : the case for the electricity and transport sectors /  |r Peter P. Zhou --  |g 14.  |t Regional approaches to global climate change policy in sub-Saharan Africa /  |r Ian H. Rowlands --  |g 15.  |t Energy for development : solar home systems in Africa and global carbon emissions /  |r Richard D. Duke and Daniel M. Kammen --  |g 16.  |t Climate change in sub-Saharan Africa : assumptions, realities and future investments /  |r Christopher O. Justice, David Wilkie, Francis E. Putz and Jake Brunner --  |g 17.  |t Climate-friendly energy policies for Egypt's sustainable development /  |r Ibrahim Abdel Gelil --  |g 18.  |t Potential impacts of sea-level rise on populations and agriculture /  |r Rene Gommes, Jacques du Guerny, Freddy O. Nachtergaele and Robert Brinkman --  |g 19.  |t Sea-level rise and coastal biodiversity in West Africa : a case study from Ghana /  |r Ayaa Kojo Armah, George Wiafe and David G. Kpelle --  |g 20.  |t The impacts of ENSO in Africa /  |r Godwin O. P. Obasi --  |g 21.  |t Climate policy implications of the recent ENSO events in a small island context /  |r Rolph Antoine Payet --  |g 22.  |t El Nino causes dramatic outbreak of Paederus dermatitis in East Africa /  |r Ingeborg M. C. J. van Schayk, Ruben O. Agwanda, John I. Githure, John C. Beier and Bart G. J. Knols --  |g 23.  |t The role of indigenous plants in household adaptation to climate change : the Kenyan experience /  |r Siri Eriksen --  |g 24.  |t Requirements for integrated assessment modelling at the regional and national levels in Africa to address climate change /  |r Paul V. Desanker, Christopher O. Justice, Gray Munthali and Kennedy Masamvu --  |g 25.  |t Climate and disaster risk reduction in Africa /  |r Reid Basher and Salvano Briceno --  |g 26.  |t Climate change mitigation analysis in southern African countries : capacity enhancement in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia /  |r Gordon A. Mackenzie --  |g 27.  |t Capacity-building initiatives to implement the climate change convention in Africa /  |r George Manful --  |g 28.  |t Education and public awareness : foundations of energy efficiency /  |r John J. Todd --  |g 29.  |t Lessons for developing countries from the ozone agreements /  |r K. Madhava Sarma --  |g 30.  |t Opportunities for Africa to integrate climate protection in economic development policy /  |r Stephen O. Andersen --  |g 31.  |t Ozone depletion and global climate change : is the Montreal Protocol a good model for responding to climate change? /  |r Robert A. Reinstein. 
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