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Author : Larry Zietsman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920338244
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)
Download or read book Observations on Environmental Change in South Africa written by Larry Zietsman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Johan Christopher Pauw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620508964
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Combat Change with Change written by Johan Christopher Pauw and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This booklet has as its point of departure, the seminal publication Observations on Environmental Change in South Africa. It introduces selected environmental changes that have been observed and emphasises the important role of ongoing scientific observation and research in understanding and tackling some of the most pressing environmental change threats. The booklet concludes by advocating both reactive and proactive change through a series of key policy considerations for the prevention and mitigation of the impacts of environmental change, including: i) strengthening the policy framework for environmental change and sustainable development; ii) reviewing and aligning key policies related to environmental change; iii) strengthening institutional structures and capacities to address environmental change; iv) promoting cooperative governance; v) implementing existing legislation; vi) developing and implementing priority actions and programmes; and vii) improving long-term environmental observation and research"--p. 5
Author : Robin Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781919708911
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Assessing Progress on Climate Change written by Robin Richards and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Scholes
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1868149218
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Climate Change written by Mary Scholes and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. In this book, three scientists with several decades of experience in assessing the potential effects of climate change for the southern African region share their insights. Complex issues are dealt with in plain language, without oversimplification and with attention to accuracy. The material is up-to-date as is possible in such a fast-developing field. Climate Change: Briefings from Southern Africa takes the form of 55 'frequently-asked' questions', each with a brief and clear reply. It is illustrated with colour diagrams and photographs, and examples are tailored to the regional context. The authors' introduction provides an overview of current national and international policies aimed at regulating climate change. The content is divided into four sections, which take the reader through the science of how climate system works; the projected impacts in southern Africa during the twenty-first century; what this means for the South African economy and society; and what can be done to avoid harm. The briefings can be read alone or in sequence. The year 2015 is regarded as a watershed for global climate change action if a global average temperature rise of more than two degrees abbove the pre-Industrial level is to be avoided. This book provides compelling evidence that the impact on agriculture, fisheries, water resources, human health, plants and animals as well as sea levels will be dangerous. However, the book ends on a positive note by offering advice on how the world can avoid such bleak outcomes, while allowing a good life for all. The volume is aimed at interested non-scientists, including business people, decision-makers, ordinary citizens and students
Author : Peter J. Holmes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134972393
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Southern African Landscapes and Environmental Change written by Peter J. Holmes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa. It examines the links between these environments and the ways in which they have been, are and will likely be subject to change. It covers the geomorphology, soils, vegetation and land use across a range of landscapes, including mountains, coasts, savannah, drylands and wetlands, and identifies the impacts of current and potential climate change and other factors on these environments. The geographical focus is on the region defined by Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. Illustrated throughout in full colour, the book will serve as a reference volume for researchers and environmental professionals internationally, as well as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate-level students of geography, ecology and environmental studies in Southern Africa.
Author : Rafe Sagarin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610912306
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Observation and Ecology written by Rafe Sagarin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments—issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species—is driving the field of ecology in new and important directions. Observation and Ecology documents that transformation, exploring how scientists and researchers are expanding their methodological toolbox to incorporate an array of new and reexamined observational approaches—from traditional ecological knowledge to animal-borne sensors to genomic and remote-sensing technologies—to track, study, and understand current environmental problems and their implications. The authors paint a clear picture of what observational approaches to ecology are and where they fit in the context of ecological science. They consider the full range of observational abilities we have available to us and explore the challenges and practical difficulties of using a primarily observational approach to achieve scientific understanding. They also show how observations can be a bridge from ecological science to education, environmental policy, and resource management. Observations in ecology can play a key role in understanding our changing planet and the consequences of human activities on ecological processes. This book will serve as an important resource for future scientists and conservation leaders who are seeking a more holistic and applicable approach to ecological science.
Author : M. C. Rutherford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781919976211
Total Pages : 807 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (762 download)
Download or read book The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland written by M. C. Rutherford and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M.A. Salih
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940101003X
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa written by M.A. Salih and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) is a network of social scientists in the sub-region established in 1980. Its main objectives are to encourage and promote interest; to engage in collaborative research; to facilitate scholarly exchange of ideas and publication between individuals and institutions engaged in the study and research in the social sciences. OSSREA also aims to promote the training of social scientists from the sub-region in the study of and research in the social sciences and to encourage establishment of institutions dedicated to this goal. In pursuance of and consistent with its objectives, OSSREA established a fund to provide research grants and training fellowships to social scientists from the sub-region. Every year OSSREA offers, on a competitive basis, two limited types of research grants: the first on topics related to the social sciences in general and the second on gender issues in particular. The grants assist the social scientists to conduct field research in an eastern or southern African country, society, institutions, sector, or problem area. The objectives of the social science competition are intended to encourage and promote upcoming scholars from the sub-region to conduct research in the social, economic, political or other problems. Moreover, it aims to strengthen and raise the capacity of faculty members and students in field research, and promote the subsequent availability of research fmdings for teaching as well as to inform individuals and institutions.
Author : James Clarke
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 9781919777931
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (779 download)
Download or read book Coming Back to Earth written by James Clarke and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a current, comprehensive and holistic assessment of the challenges facing a developing African state within the global context and is an up-to-the-minute review of the state of the South African environment.
Author : Timothy Gordon O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620465991
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (659 download)
Download or read book Understanding Environmental Change in Complex Systems written by Timothy Gordon O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sharon Shewmake
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin written by Sharon Shewmake and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2008 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319246607
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Climate Change and Health written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major objective of this volume is to create and share knowledge about the socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of climate change. The authors analyze the effects of climate change on the social and environmental determinants of the health and well-being of communities (i.e. poverty, clean air, safe drinking water, food supplies) and on extreme events such as floods and hurricanes. The book covers topics such as the social and political dimensions of the ebola response, inequalities in urban migrant communities, as well as water-related health effects of climate change. The contributors recommend political and social-cultural strategies for mitigate, adapt and prevent the impacts of climate change to human and environmental health. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners interested in new methods and tools to reduce risks and to increase health resilience to climate change.
Author : Ekiyie Nzante
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783846582770
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)
Download or read book Climate Change, Socio-Ecological Resilience Strategies in South Africa written by Ekiyie Nzante and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kyoto Protocol of UNFCCC which postulated that anthropogenic causes are the main drivers of global climate change was ratified by South Africa on the 31st of July 1997. As a result, South Africa has promulgated legislations in the form of progressive constitutions and NEMA, which aim at promoting sustainable development. This is evidenced by Section 24 of the South African constitution which contains "Environmental Clauses" addressing the national, provincial, and local governments. This book is grounded within the field of development studies and undertakes a case study of improving the socio-ecological resilience strategies of climate change in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. It provides an analysis of the barriers to climate change resilience initiatives. This analysis points to the need for the creation of a Sustainable Development Framework, which will provide a perfect platform for development, address threats posed by climate change and execute projects to this effect. This book is intended to form the basis for empirical research and act as a guide for policy makers in their efforts to implement proactive resilience and adaptation initiatives of climate change.
Author : Robert Zipplies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bending the Curve written by Robert Zipplies and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jörn Ahrens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000902366
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa written by Jörn Ahrens and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the social and cultural dimensions of climate change in Southern Africa, focusing on how knowledge about climate change is conceived and conveyed. Despite contributing very little to the global production of emissions, the African continent looks set to be the hardest hit by climate change. Adopting a decolonial perspective, this book argues that knowledge and discourse about climate change has largely disregarded African epistemologies, leading to inequalities in knowledge systems. Only by considering regionally specific forms of conceptualizing, perceiving, and responding to climate change can these global problems be tackled. First exploring African epistemologies of climate change, the book then goes on to the social impacts of climate change, matters of climate justice, and finally institutional change and adaptation. Providing important insights into the social and cultural perception and communication of climate change in Africa, this book will be of interest to researchers from across the fields of African studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, climate change, and geography.
Author : Graham P. von Maltitz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783031109478
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change written by Graham P. von Maltitz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2024-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issues related to climate change, its potential impacts on the various ecosystems, adaptations, and management interventions for enhancing systems resilience in Southern Africa. It is written by numerous scientists from African states and Germany and summarizes the latest research findings, which are of great relevance for a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerabilities as well as for developing management options and policy options to reduce the associated risks. This is crucial considering that the projected African population increase is exceptional. Furthermore, climate change is assumed to hit southern Africa extremely hard with a significant increase in extreme events and the frequency of severe droughts, heat waves, and flooding. Southern Africa hosts a high variety of ecosystems, which belongs to important biodiversity hotspots for unique flora and fauna. The surrounding oceans form, in turn, a bottle neck within the ocean’s global thermohaline circulation, act as a still poorly understood carbon sink and source and play an important role for fisheries as they are highly productive. Considering these important aspects, the book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the scientific literature and will find a wide readership. The book is aimed at students, teachers, and scientists in the fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, environmental, nature and landscape planning, agriculture, environmental and resource management, biodiversity, and nature conservation, as well as scientists and representatives in specialised authorities and associations, nature conservationists, and policy makers of related disciplines.
Author : Nicola Stevens (Researcher)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620652612
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Change is in the Air written by Nicola Stevens (Researcher) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
