Browsing Climate Change impacts by Subject "Climate change"

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Advances in observation and estimation of land use impacts on climate changes: improved data, upgraded models, and case studies

Singh, R. B.; Shi, Chenchen (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014-01-12)

Global land use and land cover pattern has greatly changed in the past 50 years, which exerts direct or indirect influence on the climate change remarkably at both regional and global scales. Therefore, observing and ...
Assessing vulnerability of food availability to climate change in Hai district, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

Lema, Anza A.; Munishi, Linus K.; Ndakidemi, Patrick A. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-08-03)

Climate change has a large effect on agriculture sector and, consequently, on the food available for residents of Hai District and other regions of Tanzania. Based on four decades of climate data, this study assessed the ...
Assessment of land tenure and management challenges of reducing climate change impacts in the southern highlands of Tanzania

Gwambene, N. B.; Liwenga, E. T. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Producing more food for a growing population in the context of changing climate, while at the same time combating poverty and food insecurity, is among the enormous challenge facing Sub-Saharan African. Such factors affect ...
Climate change and disaster management

O’Brien, Geoff; O’Keefe, Phil; Rose, Joanne; Ben, Wisner (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)

Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, ...
Climate change and its effects on livelihood strategies of peri-urban coastal communities in Tanzania

Lupala, J.M.; Maglan, C. (Pyrex Journals, 2015-06-25)

This study was conducted to analyze the effects of climate change on livelihoods of the peri-urban coastal communities of Tanzania. Peri-urban coastal communities constituted the focus of the study because they are rapidly ...
Climate change and vector-borne diseases: an economic impact analysis of malaria in Africa

Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A.; Musumba, M.; McCarl, B. A.; Wu, X. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2011-03)

A semi-parametric econometric model is used to study the relationship between malaria cases and climatic factors in 25 African countries. Results show that a marginal change in temperature and precipitation levels would ...
Climate change challenges to accounting

Ramírez, Constancio Zamora; González, José María González (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013)

Low carbon economy is causing the implementation and development of carbon markets that affect an increasing or- ganizations number. These markets entail new challenges to accounting practitioners. The aim of this paper ...
Climate change is likely to worsen the public health threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana

Alexander, K. A.; Carzolio, M.; Goodin, D.; Vance, E. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2013-01)

Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal disease but little is known regarding ...
Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change: Global implications

Craparo, C.W.; Van Asten, P.J.A.; Läderach, P.; Jassogne, L.T.P.; Grab, S.W. (Elsevier, 2015-03-31)

tCoffee is the world’s most valuable tropical export crop. Recent studies predict severe climate changeimpacts on Coffea arabica (C. arabica) production. However, quantitative production figures are necessaryto provide ...
The East African Community and the Climate Change Agenda

Jarso, James Forole (American University Washington College of Law, 2012)

Climate change cannot be addressed by a single nation. We must lay emphasis on a regional approach since whatever happens in our individual nations affects the entire region. This means that we must act both individually ...
Economic impacts of climate change on maize production in the sub-humid and semi arid areas of Tanzania

Valerian, J. K. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

Climate change is the cause of most weather related externalities. Its effects are more evident on the environment, food security, human health, human settlements, economic activities, natural resources and physical ...
Economic impacts of climate change on secondary activities: a literature review

Kumar, Surender; Yalew, Amsalu W. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-05-08)

The fast growing literature on economic impacts of climate change is inclined to assessing the impacts on agricultural production and productivity and on human health. The economic impacts of climate change however, go ...
Effects of climate change and various grassland management practices on grasshopper (Orthoptera) assemblages

Kenyeres, Zoltán; Cservenka, Judit (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014-07-02)

Influence of different grassland management practices on Orthoptera assemblages inhabiting humid grassland areas was studied since 2003 to 2011. The examined sites were within the protected area of Balaton Uplands National ...
Effects of degradation on carbon stocks and structure of miombo woodlands: a case study of Mapogoro woodlands

Sawe, T. C. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Miombo woodlands fonn an integral part of the rural landscape in Tanzania and play crucial role in providing wide range of products and ecological services including carbon sequestration. Woodlands and forests in Tanzania ...
Effects of food insecurity among pastoralist families in the changing climate of Iringa rural district, Tanzania

Mdachi, M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014)

Dietary intake measures are useful for assessing nutritional status of an individual. Dietary intake depends on the availability of healthy foods, as well as on resources available to an individual, allowing them to ...
Effects of the world’s oceans on global climate change

Navrotsky, Vadim V. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013-05-27)

The role of the World Ocean in Global Climate Change is considered from two points of view: 1) heat energy accumu- lation and distribution in the ocean and its discharge into the atmosphere as purely physical processes; ...
The health impacts of climate change: a study of cholera in Tanzania

Trærup, S. L. M.; Ortiz, R. A.; Markandya, A. (Basque centre for climate change, 2010-01)

Increased temperatures and changes in patterns of rainfall as a result of climate change are widely recognized to entail serious consequences for human health, including the risk of diarrheal diseases. Indeed, there is ...
Impact of Climate Change on Children’s Health in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Thompson, A. A.; Matamale, L.; Kharidza, S. D. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2012-03)

This paper examines the impact of climate change on children’s health, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Twenty one years climatic data were collected to analyse climatic conditions in the province. The study also ...
The Impact of Climate, CO2 and Population on Regional Food and Water Resources in the 2050s

Wiltshire, A. J.; Kay, G.; Gornall, J. L.; Betts, R. A. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2013-05)

Population growth and climate change are likely to impact upon food and water availability over the coming decades. In this study we use an ensemble of climate simulations to project the implications of both these drivers ...
Impact of climatic change on food systems along Lake Nyasa shore in Mbinga District

Kamanga, Hoops Alphonce (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2011)

This study was done in three villages along Lake Nyasa shore in Mbinga district to assess the impact of climate change on food systems. A sample of 90 randomly selected respondents of both farmers and fishermen were ...

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