Finding the Right Path: Climate Change and Migration in Northern Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorJarawura, F.X.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11T12:18:45Z
dc.date.available2018-09-11T12:18:45Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractClimate change is considered to have aggravating effects on the security and quality of livelihoods of people around the world. Particularly rural populations of the so-called developing world or Global South are subject to increasing insecurity in their livelihoods (IPCC, 2001, 2007, 2013). Certainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the largest proportion of the rural population still maintain a land-based livelihood through dryland rain-fed crop farming and/or livestock holding and are therein highly dependent on the weather (IPCC, 2007, 2013; Morton, 2007; Foresight, 2011). As their livelihoods provide little chance of generating vast surpluses, they also have limited capacity to cope with extreme events and, more notably still, try to adapt to permanent changes in climate. Yet, in spite of these factors, the rural populations of Sub-Saharan Africa prove themselves to still be dynamic and innovative, having previously been able to generally cope and adapt to changes in their environment through various strategies.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1057/9781137538918_13
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/24060
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironmental Change, Adaptation and Migrationen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectFood Insecurityen_US
dc.subjectReturn Migrationen_US
dc.subjectUnited Nations Development Programmeen_US
dc.subjectRural Migrationen_US
dc.titleFinding the Right Path: Climate Change and Migration in Northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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