Rainfall variability in East Africa:Implications for natural resources management and livelihoods

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Conway, D., Allison, Edward, Felstead, Richard and Goulden, M. (2005) Rainfall variability in East Africa:Implications for natural resources management and livelihoods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 363 (1826). pp. 49-54. ISSN 1364-503X

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Abstract

This note examines the effects of climate variability on natural-resources management in East Africa. The bimodal rainfall regime in much of East Africa brings rainy seasons from March to May and October to December with greater interannual variability from October to December. We discuss the impacts of rainfall extremes in 1961 and 1997 and explore three examples of natural-resources management in the context of rainfall variability: inland fisheries in East and southern Africa; fluctuations in the level of Lake Victoria; and lake-shore communities around Lake Kyoga in Uganda. The discussion reflects the complexity of linkages between climate, environment and society in the region and highlights implications for natural-resources management. These range from benefits due to improved seasonal rainfall forecasting to reduce the damage of extremes, to improved understanding of existing climate-society interactions to provide insights into the region's vulnerability and adaptive capacity in relation to future climate change.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	east africa,climate variability,climate change,livelihoods,lakes,fisheries,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2013 16:16
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 04:54
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43987
DOI:	10.1098/rsta.2004.1475

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