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Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: International Perspectives in Geography, 17
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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.
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