Glaciers, nature, water, and local community in Mount Kenya
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Glaciers, nature, water, and local community in Mount Kenya
（International perspectives in geography : AJG library / editor in chief, Noritaka Yagasaki, v. 17）
Springer, c2022
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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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Glaciology Mass Balance of Very Small Glaciers on Mount Kenya during 2016-2018Chiyuki Narama & Kenshiro Arie
Chapter 2: ClimatologySeasonal Changes of Rainfall around Mount Kenya and its Relation to Atmospheric CirculationWataru Morishima
Chapter 3: Hydrology Impact of Glacier Shrinkage on the Water Cycle of Mount KenyaYuya Otani
Chapter 4: Hydrology Hydrology and Society of Regions Surrounding Mount KenyaFrancis Mwaura & Moses Ndarua Njoki
Chapter 5: GeomorphologyGlacial Topography and Soil Development Processes in the Foreland of Tyndall Glacier on Mount KenyaKotaro Yamagata
Chapter 6: Geoecology Retreating Glaciers and Plant Succession on Mount Kenya due to Climate ChangeKazuharu Mizuno
Chapter 7: Geoecology Growth Dynamics and Distribution of Giant Rosette Plants on Recently Deglaciated Terrain below the Tyndall Glacier on Mount KenyaKoki Teshirogi
Chapter 8: Ecological AnthropologyLocal Perceptions and their Responses to Changes in Water Environment and Land Use in the Mount Kenya RegionSun Xiaogang
Chapter 9: Development StudiesSustainability and Local Participation in Community-based Water Resources Utilization: A Case Study of the Matengo Highlands, TanzaniaMinako Araki
Chapter 10: Summary and ChallengesToward a Multidisciplinary Understanding of Tropical High Mountains in AfricaKazuharu Mizuno & Yuya Otani
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