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Adama Barrow 210
adaptation xv , 4–6 , 16 , 19 , 124 , 149 , 159 , 202 , 211 , 245 , 248
individual 3
gender-specific 149
governance of 209
masters of 33
politics of xvii , 210
projects 160–161
strategies 2 , 35 , 37 , 43 , 98 , 100 , 119 , 147 , 165
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia xix , 269 , 273 , 276 , 283
African Union xx , 177 , 181
agency
environmental 73
human 75–76 , 97
of women 154 , 158 , 169 , 172
Agalega, Mauritius 182–183
agriculture xv , 35 , 42 , 49–51 , 61–62 , 66 , 75 , 100 , 125 , 142 , 147–148 , 159–161 , 163 , 183–185 , 213 , 220 , 232–234 , 237–240 , 247 , 264
cut-and-burn 64 , 185
education in 55 , 62
industrial 78 , 257
intensive 243
monoculture/monocrop a. See also biodiversity 68
rain-fed 65 , 124 , 144 , 150 , 164
subsistence 124 , 144 , 148
sustainable 59 , 68
traditional 78
types of 263
urban 285
ahoi 106–107 , 120
air pollution 168 , 185 , 240 , 295
Albion, Mauritius 189 , 190 , 195
America
Anglo- 52
North xix , 45 , 52 , 76 , 80 , 191 , 220 , 235 , 252 , 280
Latin/South xv
Angola 80–97 , 256 , 260
Anthropocene 7 , 200
anthropology 29 , 46
cultural 207
ecological 177–178
task of 27
Atlantic Ocean. See ocean
bagasse 185–192 . See also plantation, sugarcane ; biofuel
Bamako, Mali 276
biodiversity. See also agriculture, monocrop 227 , 234 , 243–144 , 262 , 291 , 295
aquatic 255
Biodiversity Action Journalists Gambia 211
degredation of 184–185 , 206
preservation of 187–188 , 248
biofuel xv , 248–249 . See also plantation, sugarcane, and biofuel
birth rate 138 , 270 . See also child mortality
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 129
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 269
Brundtland Report 178 , 186
Burkina Faso 271 , 282
Burma 99–100 , 110 , 114
Burundi 273
burning fields. See agriculture, cut-and-burn
Cairo, Egypt 231 , 269
Cape Flats 79
Cape of Good Hope 182
Cape Verde 164 , 181 , 184
Cameroon xvi
carbon dioxide (CO₂). See greenhouse gases
Caribbean 181
cattle. See livestock
Central Electricity Board (ceb) 189
Chagos Archipelago xviii , 182
child mortality 226 , 228 , 268 , 271 . See also birth rate
China xvii , 99 , 107 , 117 , 181 , 129 , 133 , 135
Christianity 33 , 44–45
conversion to 45
climate
conference 53 , 58 , 181
global 8
history vii , 253
indicators 56–57 , 265
influences/effects 63 , 65 , 97 , 156 , 159 , 236
policy vii , 9 , 16 , 18 , 199 , 209 , 240 , 245 , 248 , 264
protection vii , 293
resilience 4–5 , 41 , 154 , 157 , 160 , 209 , 265–282 , 293–294 . See also urban climate resilience
variability vi , 10 , 12 , 24 , 26 , 43 , 57 , 66 , 70 , 123–126 , 136 , 140–142 , 144–147 , 239
climate change
adaptation xv , xvii , 2–5 , 16 , 31–32 , 98 , 100 , 119 , 123 , 147 , 149 , 159 , 165 , 209 , 210–212 , 214 , 239 , 244–245 , 248–249 , 267 , 278–280
anthropogenic 6 , 26 , 161 , 178–179 , 200
effects of 70 , 162 , 174 , 179 , 181 , 184 , 205–206 , 217–218 , 239 , 250–252 , 256 , 258 , 260 , 263 , 267 , 278
global xx , 2–3 , 28 , 30 , 73–74 , 76–79 , 97 , 177 , 179–181 , 227 , 233 , 245 , 250 , 252
mitigation 2 , 4 , 19 , 177 , 198 , 201 , 208–209 , 211 , 214 , 234 , 239 , 245 , 248–249 , 265 , 267 , 278–279 , 288 , 293
narratives of 24 , 28 , 30–31
climatology 203 , 207 , 240
coal 116 , 130 , 168 , 170 , 180 , 186 , 188–190 , 192 , 295 , 233–234 , 236–237 , 261 , 277 , 282
Cologne, Germany xx , 39
colonialism
British 17 , 37 , 49 , 53 , 98 , 99 , 106 , 115 , 182
French 129 , 182
German 36 , 38 , 80
Portuguese 80 , 82–83 , 89–95 , 255
Community Forest Associations (cfas) 119
Comoros 181 , 184
coral reefs 182 , 184–185
corruption 98 , 113 , 117 , 120 , 125 , 195–196 , 228 , 294
Cote d’Ivoire 129 , 138–140 , 144 , 146 , 271
Cotton 52 , 62 , 64 , 68–69 , 174 , 182 , 239
CO2. See greenhouse gases
cyclone 1 , 182 , 242
anticyclone 1
Dakar, Senegal 269 , 279
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 269 , 276–277 , 282
democracy 183
Democratic Republic of the Congo 169 , 254 , 269 , 272
demographic change 19
diarrhoea 157
diversity
biological. See biodiversity
cultural 227
genetic 78
Douala, Cameroon 269
Drought xix , 3–6 , 9 , 13 , 17 , 35 , 37 , 42–45 , 49 , 51 , 53 , 56–66 , 70–73 , 78–90 , 95–100 , 104–120 , 223–128 , 139 , 142 , 147–149 , 156 , 161–169 , 173–176 , 206 , 221 , 238–239 , 245 , 253 , 256 , 265 , 277–278
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 39
Dutch East India Company (voc) 182
East Africa 9 , 38 , 182 , 234 , 239 , 241 , 255 , 269
earthquake, 161
Ebola 78 , 203 , 251
ecological
crisis 55 , 81
equilibrium 77 , 178 , 295
ecology
dam 264
human 179 , 252
marine 263
of famines 81
of rivers 257
political 74 , 96 , 149 , 152 , 154–155 , 157 , 177 , 179 , 250–251 , 262
ecosystem 42 , 63 , 80 , 149 , 153–157 , 169 , 174–175 , 262 , 266
degradation of 167 , 171 , 185 . See also biodiversity, degradation
marine 170 , 184 . See also ecology, marine
socio- 150 . See also ecology, human
education
public 207–208 , 211 , 216–219 , 222 , 224
transformative learning 199–204 , 216 , 222 , 224
Egypt 236 , 255 , 258 , 260 , 269 , 273
electricity 52 , 130 , 137 , 169 , 187 , 189–192 , 215 , 289 , 291 . See also energy
elephants 57
Elgeyo people 109
El Niño 65
emission 7 , 64–65 , 180 , 233 , 265 , 276 , 277 , 286–287
reduction of 179 , 187 , 217–218 , 246 , 279 , 283 , 287
rising 4 , 179 , 193 , 209 , 282
empiricism 258
energy/power
autonomy 186–187
efficiency 177 , 187–188 , 193 , 195 , 197–198
nuclear 200 , 233 , 272
production 233 , 238
renewable xv , 7–8 , 180–181 , 186–192 , 195–196 , 201 , 209 , 279
solar 181 , 186–187 , 201 , 233 , 238
supply 7 , 166 , 176
storage (capacity) 190 , 256
Eng’ai 45
Environmental Impact Assessment (eia) 189 , 192
Essen, Germany xvii , 1
ethics
of nature/environmental 14 , 51 , 62
ethnicity 134 , 151 , 153 , 172
ethnography, xvi , xx , 5 , 24–25 , 30 , 33 , 123 , 125 , 131 , 174 , 194 , 196
EU. See European Union
climate leadership
Europe 5 , 18 , 20 , 45 , 52 , 77 , 110 , 113 , 140 , 181 , 183 , 199–201 , 212 , 216 , 224 , 229–230 , 233 , 235–236 , 252 , 256 , 259 , 268 , 280
European Union 183
Ethiopia xvii , 5 , 155 , 165 , 251 , 254–260 , 273 , 275–276
famine
killer 13 , 72 , 80
of the Dams 80 , 87–93 , 96–97
of the Insects 82
farmers
commercial 52 , 58
forest 103–104 , 115
large-scale 51 , 54
white 52 , 54–59
Fast Track Land Resettlement Programme (ftlrp) 54
feminist
political ecology (fpe) 152–153
fertiliser 55 , 62 , 136 , 139 , 143 , 165 , 185 , 192 . See also pesticides
artificial/chemical 67–68 , 238 , 256 , 290
organic 53 , 272
tree species 118
fire
forest 7 , 59 , 64–65 , 79 , 109–110 , 114
protection 103 , 114
fishery 14 , 61 , 170 , 183–184 , 252 , 262–263
flood 65 , 78–79 , 83 , 98 , 104 , 139 , 163 , 175 , 242 , 276 , 283 , 295
flash 185 , 265 , 276
impact of 118 , 120 , 128 , 149 , 155–156 , 162 , 206 , 221 , 243 , 260–261 , 266 , 270 , 278–279 , 285 , 290–291
Noah’s 74
victims 172 , 279
floodplain 66 , 96 , 252 , 257 , 259 , 263 , 279
food production 67 , 98 , 232 , 290
fossile fuels 161 , 179 , 181 , 186–190 , 195 , 227 , 233–234 , 237 , 265 , 283
forest
deforestation xviii , 15 , 53 , 66 , 69 , 75 , 180 , 185 , 246 , 248 , 276–277
fire. See fire
natural 281 , 286
tropical xviii , 286
forestry
agroforestry xv–xvii , 17 , 98–100 , 107 , 114 , 116 , 118 , 120 , 136
plantation 17 , 98–99
shamba 98 , 101 , 112 , 115–120
taungya 110
Friends of the Earth and the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (gaia) 190
frost 242–243
Gambia xvii , xx , 199 , 204–205 , 209–216 , 219–223
gender. See also feminist
analysis 152–153 , 172
roles 149 , 163–164 , 172–175
Germany xvii , xix , xx , 1 , 9 , 36 , 211 , 216 , 221
Ghana iv , xix , 5 , 19 , 129 , 166 , 213 , 215 , 217–218 , 221 , 253 , 265–266 , 271 , 280–285
Githaka 106–107
Glaciers 180
Global North 265
Global South xv , 1 , 25 , 28 , 31 , 46 , 150 , 294
global warming 31 , 57 , 66 , 181 , 202 , 238 , 281 , 283 , 295
God 44–46 , 48–49 , 62–63
Godzi, Zimbabwe 68
Great Britain 246
Great Depression 111
greenhouse gases 179 , 267 , 193 , 203 , 217–218 , 265 , 277 , 280 , 286–287
green space. See urban
Guinea Bissau 181 , 184 , 212
Gulf of Guinea 8 , 269 , 273
Harare, Zimbabwe 53 , 269
hiv/aids 203 , 228
Human Development Index (hdi) 126 , 183
Hombwe, Zimbabwe 68
Horn of Africa 5 , 232
household
child-headed 158–159
men-headed 158 , 165 , 172
women-headed 158 , 165 , 171 , 173
Ibrahim Index of African Governance 183
Impoverishment 67 , 178–179
Independent Power Producers (ipps) 189
Indian Ocean. See ocean
Industrialisation 179 , 188 , 200 , 235 , 269
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) 9 , 156 , 159 , 205 , 220 , 224 , 250 , 256 , 260
Islamism 244
Ivorian crisis 123
Jaluo people 109
Kaffrine, Senegal 175
Kampala, Uganda 234 , 279
Kenya 17 , 42 , 98–120 , 168 , 171 , 234 , 236 , 244 , 255–256 , 260 , 272–273
Kenya Forest Department (kfd) 101–120
Kenya Forest Service 98 , 115–116
Kenya Land Freedom Army (klfa) 114
Kenya Meat Commission 108
Kenzamba, Zimbabwe 68
Kikuyu Forest Division 113
Kikuyu people 17 , 98 , 102 , 105–109 , 120
Kinshasa, DR of the Congo 231 , 269 , 272
Kiribati 184
Kipsigis people 109
knowledge production 201–202
Kumasi, Ghana 5 , 19 , 265–268 , 280–294
La Chaumière, Mauritius 191–192 , 195
Lagos, Nigeria, 231 , 269
Lake
Manyara 38
Victoria 101 , 269 , 273
Land Acquisition Act of 1992 53
Landfill 187 , 189 , 191–193 , 272
Landslides 180 , 185
Leicester, United Kingdom 280
lighting. See electricity
Little Ice Age 253 , 256
livestock 6 , 17 , 33 , 35 , 37–41 , 47–48 , 59 , 62 , 64 , 69 , 80–88 , 90–92 , 94 , 96 , 103–113 , 116–117 , 120 , 164–167 , 171–173 , 183 , 232 , 236 , 238–239 , 248 , 256 , 263–264
locust 104 , 111–112 , 120 . See also plague, insect
lotis 130–131 , 133
non 130–132
Lusaka, Zambia 268 , 269
Maa language 33 , 45
Maasai people 23–24 , 28–29 , 32–41 , 45–46
Madagascar xvi , 182
maize xix , 35 , 52 , 62 , 64 , 67–69 , 77 , 92 , 99 , 116 , 165 , 167 , 174 , 239 , 256 , 260
Makonde District, Zimbabwe v , xi , 48 , 52 , 57–58 , 69
malaria xix , 77–78 , 157 , 162 , 228 , 251 , 257 , 259 , 264 , 278
Maldives 181 , 184
Mali 164–165 , 170 , 242 , 244 , 253 , 276
Maputo, Mozambique 269 , 272
Mare Chicose, Mauritius 191–193
Marshall Islands 184
Marula
tree 87
wine 87
Mau Mau xvii , 107–111 , 114 , 120
Maurice Ile Durable, 4 , 14 , 177 , 180 , 186 , 194
Mauritius vi , 177 , 180–186 , 188–198
Mauritius CT Power (mctp) 189–190
Mbugua, David
Mbuji-Mayi, DR of the Congo 269
methane. See greenhouse gases
migration
(circular) labour See also migration, transnational 12 , 35 , 123–131 , 136 , 243–147 , 182
rural-to-urban 126
transnational 178
millet 61 , 64 , 80–82 , 85–86 , 95–96 , 142 , 165 , 239
modernism vi , 250 , 252 , 254 , 260
Mogadishu, Somalia 269
moisture
soil 9 , 252
Mombasa, Kenya 272
monocropping. See agriculture, monoculture
monsoon. See rainfall
Morogoro, Tanzania 173
Mossi people 130
mountain
Mt. Chirorodziva 63
Mt. Elgon 107
Oakland Hills 97
Mozambique 18 , 60 , 166 , 173 , 190 , 255–256 , 260–261 , 272
muhoi. See see ahoi
Myanmar. See Burma
Nairobi, Kenya 103 , 105–106 , 205 , 269
Namibia 17 , 73 , 80–91 , 93–97 , 164–165 , 170–171
New Orleans 79
Ngong forest 106
Nicole Syndicate 52
Nigeria xvii , 102 , 163 , 213 , 230 , 269 , 271 , 273
nitrogen 68 , 238 , 260 , 264
nitrous oxide. See greenhouse gases
Nyanza people 109
ocean
Atlantic 170 , 181 , 268
Indian vi , xviii , 8 , 177 , 180–181 , 184 , 268
level See sea level rise
Pacific 65 , 181
temperatures 8–9 , 252
Ogiek people 107
Ohaingu, Namibia 83
Okalongo, Namibia 83 , 86
Omulunga, Angola 86
Onahulu, Namibia 83
Onamine, Namibia 83
Onamunama, Namibia 83
Ondonga, Namibia 80 , 84–86 , 89–91 , 95–96
Oshikango, Namibia 84 , 86–89 , 91 , 95
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso x , xi , 13 , 123 , 125–126 , 128–148 , 212 , 247 , 282
Oukwanyama, Angola, Namibia 80–97
Ovamboland, Namibia 80–86 , 89–90 , 93–96
Overfishing 180 , 185 . See also fishery
Overpopulation 18 , 55
Overseas Territory 182
Pacific Ocean. See ocean
Parks. See urban green space
pesticides 99 , 185 , 290 . See also fertiliser
Pointe aux Caves, Mauritius 189–190 , 195
Port Louis, Mauritius 184 , 190 , 193 , 195
patron–client relationship 35 , 87 , 93–94 , 98
pollution. See air pollution
population
bomb 75–76
growth x , 4 , 7 , 41 , 75 , 123 , 138 , 229–230 , 232–233 , 241 , 244 , 266 , 270 , 276 , 280 , 292 , 294
post-colonial era xvi–xvii , 18 , 49–50 , 52 , 58 , 60 , 129 , 183
plague
insect 83 , 104 , 111 , 120
plantation
coconut 183
sugarcane 182 , 185 . See also bagasse ; biofuel
tea 52
tobacco 52 , 62 , 64 , 68–69
Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (pelis). See see forestry , see shamba
Pointe aux Caves, Mauritius 189–190 , 195
Pointe aux Sables, Mauritius 190 , 195
power. See energy
protection
animal/plant 114
climate vii , 293
environmental/of nature 14 , 18 , 64 , 293
human 170
strategy 114
rainfall
anomaly x , 127
changing rainfall patterns 4 , 11 , 44 , 57 , 165 , 243
decreasing 9–10 , 41 , 56 , 65 , 142 , 166 , 184 , 250 , 260
extreme 9 , 124
increase/recovery 145–146 , 239 , 244
irregular 42–43 , 78 , 95 , 100 , 147 , 177 , 181 , 240
monsoonal 8 , 10 , 242–243
prayers 35 , 45 , 61
rainy season 5 , 9 , 35–36 , 56–57 , 82 , 90–91 , 127 , 139 , 141 , 242–243 , 253
Ramgoolam, Navin 186
refugees
climate/environmental 243
from famine 80 , 84
from war 80
religion
religious leaders 49
religious traditions/practices 7 , 45
renewable energy. See also bagasse, biofuel and electricity
hydro 169 , 186–187 , 190 , 233 , 237–238 , 255 , 238–239
fuelwood 100–101 , 113 , 118 , 163 , 167–168 , 170–171 , 186–187 , 234 , 237 , 277 , 282 , 289 , 293
photovoltaic 186–187 , 190 , 201 , 233
solar thermal 186
waste-to-energy (WtE) 186 , 190 , 192 , 195
wind 133
Republic of the Congo 169 , 254
resource management xv , xviii , 67 , 151 , 177 , 180
Réunion 181–182
Revolution
Green 238 , 247
Industrial 179 , 235
Richards Bay 189
river
Blue Nile vi , 4 , 250–252 , 255 , 258–260
Rhine 79
White Nile 250 , 255 , 258
Zambezi vi , 4 , 250 , 252 , 255 , 257–261
Rodrigues 182–183
Rwanda 169 , 273
Sahel x–xi , 3–6 , 12 , 76 , 118 , 123–131 , 141–146 , 167 , 240–244 , 247 , 253
sanitation 13 , 110 , 130 , 166
São Tomé and Príncipe 181 , 184
savanna 42
sea level rise 177 , 180–181 , 184
Second World War. See war
Senegal 170 , 175 , 214 , 279
Serengeti National Park 39
sexual harassment 171
Seychelles 181–182 , 184
shamba. See see forestry, shamba
Shona people 48 , 61
Simanjiro District, Tanzania 23 , 29 , 35–36 , 42
slavery 182 , 268
Small Island Developing State (sids) 31 , 177 , 181
Small Island State (sis) vi , 184
social stability 178
soil
erosion 15–17 , 53 , 66–70 , 74 , 139 , 142 , 166 , 180 , 184–185 , 206 , 243 , 264 , 271 , 279 , 290 , 293
moisture 9 , 252
South Africa 12 , 52 , 80 , 83 , 89–90 , 94–95 , 101 , 150 , 158 , 162–163 , 174 , 189 , 246 , 256
South America. See America
South China Sea 181
Southern Oscillation. See El Niño
St. Brandon 182
sub-Saharan Africa (ssa) vi , xiii , 31 , 100 , 125–126 , 137 , 143 , 146–152 , 159–163 , 167–169 , 173–174 , 201 , 228 , 250 , 266 , 268 , 273–276
Sudano-Sahelian region xi , 123–128 , 131 , 141 , 144–145
Sugarcane 182–185 , 189
Sustainable Mauritius (mid). See Maurice Ile Durable
Swahili 33–34 , 37 , 42 , 98 , 181
Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania) 36–38
Tanzania v , xi , xvi , 12 , 18 , 23–24 , 28–29 , 32–43 , 164–167 , 173–174 , 190 , 236 , 276
Tarangire National Park 34 , 40–41
temperature
data 241
development 57 , 66 , 70 , 162 , 180 , 277 , 286
fluctuation/variation 5 , 177 , 181 , 278 , 281
measurement 53
moisture–temperature interaction 252
of the ocean. See ocean
rise 9 , 48–49 , 65 , 184 , 241 , 243 , 265 , 276 . See also climate change
Terrat, Tanzania xi , 23 , 29 , 33–36 , 39–46
textile industry 185
Thelaphi people 150
Tiriki people 109
tourism 183–185 , 243 , 285 , 291
Tromelin 182
tsunami 161
2004 Indian Ocean 184
Tugen people 109
Tuvalu 184
Uganda 165 , 234 , 255 , 256 , 260 , 273 , 279
railway 101
United Kingdom xiii , xv , xix , 182 , 280 , 282 , 188
United Nations xiii , 202 , 246
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) 202 , 205 , 209–210
United States of America (usa) 13 , 280 . See also America, North
urban
agriculture. See agriculture
climate resilience vi , 265–267 , 282
green space xix , 19 , 163 , 217 , 238 , 265–266 , 275 , 278–290 , 292–295
heat island (uhi) 265 , 277–278 , 282
urbanisation xi , xv–xvii , 4 , 7 , 125 , 174 , 231 , 233–236 , 244 , 263 , 265–273 , 276–277 , 289–291 , 294
Vasco da Gama 181
villagisation 37 , 109 , 197
violence 77 , 154 , 228 , 241 , 243–245 , 270
climate change-induced 243
gender-based 174 . See also gender and sexual harassment
Wakikuyu 106
Wanderobo people 109
war
World War i 38
Word War ii 75 , 111 , 113
wascal vi , x , xiii , xvi , xx , 199 , 204 , 209 , 211–221 , 224
waste
disposal 180 , 185 , 190 , 265 , 277
reduction 191–192
water
conservation 67 , 166
drinking 41 , 86 , 184 , 234 , 237
management 250 , 252 , 254 , 260–261 , 263
running 52 , 130
shortage/scarcity 85 , 166 , 184 , 237
supply 66 , 84 , 97 , 110 , 166 , 184–185 , 247
system 111 , 185
weather
annual 5
conditions 25 , 34 , 40 , 44 , 48 , 164–165 , 167 , 173
data 10–11 , 13 , 59
effect/impact of 57 , 62 , 73 , 79 , 151–152 , 161 , 183 , 237
extreme w. event 1 , 11 , 51 , 98 , 118–120 , 149 , 153–156 , 159 , 164 , 171 , 177 , 180–181 , 238 , 243–244
god. See Eng’ai
prediction 44
stations 8 , 53 , 56–57
wildlife 14 , 36 , 38 , 41 , 60 , 68 , 109 , 234 , 243
World Bank 50 , 255 , 259
World Commission on Environment and Development (wced) 178
Yaoundé, Cameroon 269
Zambia xx , 60 , 164 , 170 , 256 , 260–261 , 268–269
Zimbabwe v , xiv , xviii , xx , 18 , 48–55 , 58–60 , 63–65 , 70 , 164 , 173 , 260–261 , 269
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Series:  Climate and Culture, Volume: 5
Cover Environmental Change and African Societies
E-Book ISBN:
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Print Publication Date:
25 Sep 2019

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