Global Change and Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Meadows (0000-0001-8322-3055, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-145 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2006.00375.x |
| OpenAlex | W2155912754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 39 |
The developing nations of southern Africa have previously been identified as vulnerable to the vagaries of global change, particularly in terms of future climate change. This paper explores recent climate change scenarios for the region in terms of some representative sectors of the environment-society interface, namely biodiversity, agriculture and related land uses, water resources and health issues. It is concluded that the impacts of predicted climate changes over the next century are likely to be very marked indeed. Biome distribution, agriculture, rangelands and water resources are highlighted as being negatively impacted in ways that will increase the vulnerability of the great majority of the region's population to natural hazards. The potential impact of these changes on the prolific biodiversity of southern Africa is clear. Holistic policy responses, incorporating both environmental and human development concerns, are required in the near future if a crisis is to be averted
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Biome · Climate change · Ecosystem · Environmental change · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural resource · Political science · Population · Population growth · Rangeland · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology
The future of social science integration in rangelands research
South African Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
Community responses to the annual flooding (efundja) in the Cuvelai-Etosha basin, Northern Namibia
Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene dynamics of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone based on carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of bovid tooth enamel from Elands Bay Cave
Late-Holocene palaeoecological reconstruction of Southern Hemisphere Westerlies variability on Subantarctic Macquarie Island
Climate change and variability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Holocene paleo-climatic record from the South African Namaqualand mudbelt
Climate change 2001
The Dynamics of Rural Vulnerability to Global Change
African climate change
Extinction risk from climate change
Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Climate change and malaria
Redefining global environmental change
The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055
What drives food insecurity in southern Africa? a meta-analysis of household economy studies
Climate change and global water resources
Climate change
Modelling Hydrological Responses to Land Use and Climate Change
Modelling Hydrological Responses to Land Use and Climate Change
Land degradation and climate change in South Africa
The Application of Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts for Africa Workshop held at the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, 19 January 1990
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |