Routledge - Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs Book

Explore the complex dynamics of environmental change in East Africa with this academic study from Routledge. This book examines whether local communities possess the resilience needed to manage current ecological and social challenges. By focusing on the Baringo-Bogoria basin and the northern Rift Valley highlands of Kenya, the text analyzes the social-ecological systems of specialized cattle pastoralists and niche agricultural farmers living in these semi-arid lands. The research connects historical studies of resilience from the past two centuries with an analysis of the current environment. It provides a deep look at how these semi-arid landscapes function and how the people occupying them adapt to shifting conditions. This work is an essential resource for understanding the causes and consequences of environmental shifts in African savannah ecosystems.