Climate Change, Perceptions and House Conditioning : Perception of climate change and House Conditioning in Mekelle Town, Ethiopia

ISBN-13: 9783846541777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 184 str.

Wuletawu Abera; Hassen Yimer; Girmawit Haileselassie

Opis

Climate change is evident human problem. Though its happening and impact is figurative, there are a lot of people in different part of the world have different perception about the phenomenon, cause, and impacts. Then understanding the perception of the society on global climate change is crucial for its management. The first part of the book is talking about the perception of the mekelle society on the causes, indicators, impacts and management methods of climate change. This will give ideas on how the concerned body (government, NGO, and other stakeholders) intervene towards awareness creation about the climate change. The second part of the book is how climate elements and its perception affect in shelter of the human beings. Considering the same town, the second part of the book is on house conditioning mechanism for climate elements. As the work is the pioneer for its type, the main objective is documenting house conditioning mechanism in the town.

O autorze

Wuletawu Abera: Lecturer in the Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University. His academic area of interest includes: Climate change, Hydrology, Forest Ecology, and Soil sciences. Hassen Yimer and Girmawit H/Selassie: Are among the best Graduate of Dept Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University.