• Environmental Science
• Published 2014
• DOI:10.4236/ajcc.2014.32020

Analysis of Climate Variability, Perceptions and Coping Strategies of Tanzanian Coastal Forest Dependent Communities

@inproceedings{Kashaigili2014AnalysisOC,
  title={Analysis of Climate Variability, Perceptions and Coping Strategies of Tanzanian Coastal Forest Dependent Communities},
  author={Japhet J. Kashaigili and Pamela William Levira and Emma T. Liwenga and Makarius Victor Mdemu},
  year={2014}
}

• Japhet J. Kashaigili, Pamela William Levira, +1 author Makarius Victor Mdemu

Climate variability and change are among the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Like in many other areas globally, the coastal communities of Tanzania have always been facing climatic varia- bility at various time scales. Using focus group discussion and a household survey, this study ana- lyzes the perceptions of climate variability and change and the strategies for coping and adapta- tion by the selected coastal rural and peri-urban communities in Tanzania. The perception of cli- mate… CONTINUE READING

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