Climate Changea Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Kenya

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摘要 Todeterminetheclimatechangesthatareduetonaturalvariabilityandthoseduetohumanactivitiesisquitechallenging,justlikedelineatingtheimpacts.Moreover,itisequallydifficulttoascertaintheadaptivestrategiesforcopingwiththeclimatechangesandinparticularfordevelopingcountrieslikeKenya.Whileclimatechangeisaglobalphenomenon,theimpactsaremoreorlessspecifictolocalareassuchasobservedinKenyancase.Thereforeclimatechangeimpactsadaptationstrategiesareappropriatelyapplicabletoagivenlocalperspective.ThestudyinvestigatedthemainindicatorsofclimatechangeandeffectiveadaptivestrategiesthatcanbeemployedinKenya.Basedononlinequestionnairesurvey,thestudyestablishedunpredictablerainfallpatternsasthemajorindicatorofclimatechangeinthecountry,whilewaterharvestingandchangeofcroppingmethodsarethebestadaptivestrategies.
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出版日期 2012年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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