Building Resilience

Climate Change and Livelihoods in the Global South
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-93790-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies

This book explores the intersection of climate resilience, livelihoods, and sustainability in various sectors – from forestry to fisheries and agriculture – within the global South. The author provides a comprehensive examination of how climate change impacts these communities, the adaptive strategies they employ, and the policy frameworks necessary for promoting resilience. Through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates ecological, economic, and social dimensions, this book is an essential resource for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in fields relating to fishery, forestry and agriculture in the global South.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Awazi, Nyong Princely

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Climate resilience in forest dependent communities in the developing world: What implications for livelihoods and sustainability?.- Chapter 2: Climate resilience in fishing communities in the global south: Adaptive management strategies and policy frameworks.- Chapter 3: Pastoralist livelihoods in the face of climate change: climate resilience frameworks and prospects.- Chapter 4: Livelihood resilience in agriculture dependent communities in the global south faced with recurrent climate change.- Chapter 5: Climate resilience policies in the fishery, agriculture, and forestry sectors in the developing world: State of the art and perspectives.

Über Autor(innen)

Nyong Princely Awazi serves as Lecturer at the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Technology, College of Technology (COLTECH), The University of Bamenda, Cameroon. He holds a Ph.D in Agroforestry and Valuation of Ecosystem Services from the University of Dschang, Cameroon. Since 2014, he has been involved in research and consultancy on the cross-cutting themes of agroforestry, forestry, ecotourism, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. He has consultancy experience across several countries in Africa, South America, the Caribbeans, Asia and North America.