The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands With a Focus on West Africa /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dietz, A. J. (Editor), Ruben, R. (Editor), Verhagen, A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 39
• Subjects: Environment.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geography.; Climate change.; Agricultural economics.; Social sciences.; Climate Change.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Geography, general.; Social Sciences, general.; Agricultural Economics.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Sahelian West Africa has recovered from the disastrous droughts of the 1970s and 1980s. People have learned to adapt to risk and uncertainty in fragile dryland environments. They, as well as global change scientists, are worried about the impact of climate change on these West African drylands. What...