04179oam 2200721I 450 991082909040332120230803020547.01-136-77319-30-203-55604-61-299-46949-31-136-77312-610.4324/9780203556047 (CKB)2550000001019583(EBL)1170335(SSID)ssj0000874008(PQKBManifestationID)12467051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000874008(PQKBWorkID)10885712(PQKB)11209669(MiAaPQ)EBC1170335(Au-PeEL)EBL1170335(CaPaEBR)ebr10687192(CaONFJC)MIL478199(OCoLC)840417886(EXLCZ)99255000000101958320180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater and climate change in Africa challenges and community initiatives in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi /edited by Patricia E. PerkinsAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (142 p.)Routledge advances in climate change research ;2Description based upon print version of record.1-138-92682-5 0-415-82203-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the importance of community-based organizations for equitable water governance in times of climate change / Patricia E. Perkins -- Economic, ecological and climate justice: literacy and politics / Wahu Kaara -- Climate, gender and class justice in Africa / Patrick Bond -- Kilimanjaro initiative: working with youth in Nairobi / Sadique Bilal Issa -- Climate change in South Durban, South Africa / Lushendrie Naidu -- Bringing together community and academic knowledge: the Eduardo Mondlane University Faculty of Education Environmental Education Club / Eugenia Cossa -- Community river restoration in South Africa / Simphiwe Nojiyeza -- Gender and climate change in Mozambique / Saquina Mucavele -- Can you educate hungry people? / Erika Mendes and Tiago Esmael -- A hot climate for civil society: engagement with climate change and water in eThekwini (Durban) / Mary Galvin -- Planning and climate change in Nairobi / Romanus Opiyo -- Climate vulnerability and resilience in local communities / Elizabeth Lorimer -- Durban, climate change, and socio-political transformation / Rehana Dada -- Conclusion: developing community-based responses to climate change / Patricia E.Perkins and Patricia Figueiredo Walker.In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be threatened due to fluctuations in rainfall and temperature, and to extreme weather events. Because weather extremes are the main way that climate change manifests itself, water governance is a crucial aspect of climate change resilience.Following an overview of the ways climate change is affecRoutledge advances in climate change research ;2.Climatic changesAfricaClimatic changesEconomic aspectsAfricaClimatic changesEnvironmental aspectsAfricaWater-supplyAfricaManagementWater resources developmentAfricaWater-supplyGovernment policyAfricaClimatic changesClimatic changesEconomic aspectsClimatic changesEnvironmental aspectsWater-supplyManagement.Water resources developmentWater-supplyGovernment policy363.73874096Perkins Patricia E1137403MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829090403321Water and climate change in Africa3929654UNINA