Building community resilience to climate change
Subtitle: lessons from Choke Mountain agro-ecosystems, Abay / the Blue Nile highlands
By: Belay Simane
Publisher: Addis Ababa University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789994452712
Subjects: Climatic changes; Agricultural ecology; Case studies
Description: "This book represents a detailed local-scale analysis of the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to climate change, experiences and lessons from community-based adaptation efforts, advantages of agroecosystem-based adaptation planning, and provides useful insights about how communities could be made climate resilient. The Choke Mountain watersheds and communities are used as case study subjects. Though a local-specific study, the findings, conclusions and recommendations are valid and useful beyond the watersheds and communities studied; it is a useful edition to the limited empirical literature we have on climate change adaptation in Ethiopia. It is thus a commendable reference material for decision-makers, development practitioners and researchers alike. I would certainly recommend it to my masters and doctoral students. - Woldeamlak Bewket, Professor of Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University" -- back of book
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 271-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Choke Mountain ecosystems; title: the context of climate change and response measures; title: A framework for adaptation action; title: Agroecosystems of the Choke Mountains watersheds; title: Vulnerability of Choke agroecosystems; title: The effectiveness of community-based adaption; title: Agroecosystem-based adaption strategies; title: Towards a resilient community; title: Summary and conclusion