Building Resilience - Climate Change and Livelihoods in the Global South

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.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nyong Princely Awazi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9783031937903
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3193790-3
• No. of pages: 124
• Illustrations: Approx. 125 p. 10 illus.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Nachhaltigkeit, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Sustainability, Regionale Geographie, Climate Change, Forstwirtschaft und Waldbau: Praxis und Techniken, Agrarwissenschaften, Wirtschaftsgeographie, Agrarwirtschaft und primärer Sektor, Global South, Economic Geography, Policy Frameworks, Forestry, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Agricultural Economics, Community Participation, Climate Resilience, Livelihood resilience, fishery, ecosystem-based adaptation, agricultural resilience, Pastoralist livelihood, Pastoralist, fishing communities, Adaptive management strategy, Local Knowledge, climate action initiatives, vulnerable communities, agriculture dependent community, climate-smart agriculture, recurrent climate change event