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Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya/ edited by Kazuharu Mizuno, Yuya Otani.
other author:	Mizuno, Kazuharu.
Description:	XII, 166 p. 94 illus., 77 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Physical geography. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7853-0
ISBN:	9789811678530

Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya
Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya[electronic resource] /edited by Kazuharu Mizuno, Yuya Otani. - 1st ed. 2022. - XII, 166 p. 94 illus., 77 illus. in color.online resource. - International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library,172197-7801 ;. - International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library,3.

Chapter 1: Glaciology Mass Balance of Very Small Glaciers on Mount Kenya during 2016–2018 -- Chapter 2: Climatology Seasonal Changes of Rainfall around Mount Kenya and its Relation to Atmospheric Circulation -- Chapter 3: HydrologyⅠ Impact of Glacier Shrinkage on the Water Cycle of Mount Kenya -- Chapter 4: HydrologyⅡ Hydrology and Society of Regions Surrounding Mount Kenya -- Chapter 5: Geomorphology Glacial Topography and Soil Development Processes in the Foreland of Tyndall Glacier on Mount Kenya -- Chapter 6: GeoecologyⅠ Retreating Glaciers and Plant Succession on Mount Kenya due to Climate Change -- Chapter 7: GeoecologyⅡ Growth Dynamics and Distribution of Giant Rosette Plants on Recently Deglaciated Terrain below the Tyndall Glacier on Mount Kenya -- Chapter 8: Ecological Anthropology Local Perceptions and their Responses to Changes in Water Environment and Land Use in the Mount Kenya Region -- Chapter 9: Development Studies Sustainability and Local Participation in Community-based Water Resources Utilization: A Case Study of the Matengo Highlands, Tanzania -- Chapter 10: Summary and Challenges Toward a Multidisciplinary Understanding of Tropical High Mountains in Africa. .

This book describes the challenges for the natural environments and local communities in the future. Among the high mountains of Africa, only Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Rwenzori Mountains are still capped with glaciers. The retreating rate of these glaciers has accelerated, and they are expected to disappear in the near future. In the area around Mount Kenya, the precipitation is generally low, such that rainfall cannot stably supply water for farmlands and daily life. It has been revealed that the glacial meltwater has produced springs at the foot of the mountain. It is therefore important to characterize the condition of water sources near Mount Kenya for use by local people. This book discusses the relationships between the actual state of the climate and glacier shrinkage around Mount Kenya, the surrounding vegetation, soil, and water environments, and the lives of the foothill region inhabitants confronting the glacier shrinkage. This book is valuable in the contemporary age, when the assurance of a sustainable relationship between nature and mankind is critical.

ISBN: 9789811678530

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-16-7853-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

784466
Physical geography.

LC Class. No.: GB3-5030

Dewey Class. No.: 910.02

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