Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa
| Benjamin Sultan
, Richard Lalou
, Mouftaou Amadou Sanni
, et al.
Part IV. Adaptation of farming systems, innovations
Introduction
Richard Lalou
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In the first decade of the 21st century, adaptation of humans to climate change has suddenly become a question for public debate and has been regarded as a focus for scientific research, an issue in technical/political planning at local, national and international levels and a topic for promoting public awareness (IPCC, 2007; Smit et al., 2009). In its 4th Synthesis Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) explained this interest by showing that the reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would not stop all climate change impacts, some of which are already being felt (Parry et al., 2007). Past and current emissions will have inescapable consequences tomorrow due to their very long atmospheric lifetime. Adaptation measures are therefore urgent and necessary in addition to efforts for reducing GHG emissions.
Generally, adaptation aims at reducing vulnerabilities of natural and socio-economic systems to face climate changes at least cost. According to the IPCC’s ...
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Demographer, IRD, LPED (Laboratoire population-environnement-développement), UMR 151 IRD/AMU, Marseille, France
Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa
Benjamin Sultan, Richard Lalou, Mouftaou Amadou Sanni et al. (ed.)
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Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa
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LALOU, Richard. Introduction In: Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa [online]. Marseille: IRD Éditions, 2017 (generated 25 janvier 2021). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/12382>. ISBN: 9782709924252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/books.irdeditions.12382.
Lalou, R. 2017. Introduction. In Sultan, B., Lalou, R., Sanni, M. A., Oumarou, A., & Arame Soumaré, M. (Eds.), Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa. IRD Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.irdeditions.12382
Lalou, Richard. “Introduction”. Sultan, Benjamin, et al.. Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa. Marseille: IRD Éditions, 2017. (pp. 327-333) Web. <http://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/12382>.
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SULTAN, Benjamin (ed.) ; et al. Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa. New edition [online]. Marseille: IRD Éditions, 2017 (generated 25 janvier 2021). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/12298>. ISBN: 9782709924252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/books.irdeditions.12298.
Sultan, B., Lalou, R., Sanni, M. A., Oumarou, A., & Arame Soumaré, M. (Eds.) 2017. Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa. IRD Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.irdeditions.12298
Sultan, Benjamin, et al., ed. Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa. Trans. Simon Barnard. Marseille: IRD Éditions, 2017. Web. <http://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/12298>.
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Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa
Benjamin Sultan, Richard Lalou, Mouftaou Amadou Sanni et al. (ed.)
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Introduction
Richard Lalou
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