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1015240
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b769610
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Climate change and Africa /\ [edited by] Pak Sum Low.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xli, 369 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0511114990
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: 0511115547
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: 0511199023
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: 0511324065
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: 0511535864
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: 0521029953
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: 0521836344
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: 1280421940
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: 6610421943
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: 9780511114991
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: 9780511115547
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: 9780511181917
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: 9780511199028
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: 9780511324062
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: 9780511535864
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: 9780521029957
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: 9780521836340
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: 9781280421945
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: 9786610421947
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0521836344
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Peer reviewers; Editor's note; Foreword by Mostafa K. Tolba; Foreword by Michael Zammit Cutajar; Foreword by Mikko Pyhala; Foreword by Dieter H. Ehhalt; Preface by Godwin O.P. Obasi; Preface by Wulf Killmann; Preface by Sálvano Briceno; Preface by Hassan Virji; Abbreviations; SI prefixes; Unit abbreviations; Chemical formulae; Part I Science; Part II Sustainable energy development, mitigation and policy; Part III Vulnerability and adaptation; Part IV Capacity-building; Part V Lessons from the Montreal Protocol.
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| Abstract
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A comprehensive and up-to-date review by the leading experts from a range of disciplines, this book presents issues of most relevance to Africa: disease, energy generation, desertification, drought, sea-level rise, and sustainable development. An invaluable reference for all researchers and policy makers with an interest in climate change and Africa.
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Climatic changes-- Africa.
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Climatic changes.
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NATURE-- Weather.
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SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Meteorology Climatology.
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Climatic changes-- Africa.
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Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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551.696
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| LC Classification
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QC981.8.C5C51137 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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P467clc
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| Added Entry
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Low, Pak Sum.
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