Chapter 6
Perceived Community Resilience to Floods
and Droughts Induced by Climate Change
in Semi-arid Ghana
Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Osamu Saito, Godfred Seidu Jasaw,
Gerald A. B. Yiran, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Geetha Mohan,
and Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic
6.1 Introduction
The large-scale scientific assessments of climate change point out that many communities and households around the world are already facing severe negative
impacts from extreme weather events, sea level rise and abnormal temperature and
Y. A. Boafo (*)
Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
e-mail: yboafo@ug.edu.gh
O. Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: o-saito@iges.or.jp
G. S. Jasaw · G. Kranjac-Berisavljevic
University for Development Studies, Wa and Tamale Campuses, Tamale, Ghana
e-mail: gjasaw@uds.edu.gh
G. A. B. Yiran
Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
e-mail: gyiran@ug.edu.gh
R. D. Lam
Graduate School for Frontier Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
G. Mohan
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS),
Tokyo, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Perceived Community Resilience to Floods
and Droughts Induced by Climate Change
in Semi-arid Ghana
Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Osamu Saito, Godfred Seidu Jasaw,
Gerald A. B. Yiran, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Geetha Mohan,
and Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic
6.1 Introduction
The large-scale scientific assessments of climate change point out that many communities and households around the world are already facing severe negative
impacts from extreme weather events, sea level rise and abnormal temperature and
Y. A. Boafo (*)
Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
e-mail: yboafo@ug.edu.gh
O. Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: o-saito@iges.or.jp
G. S. Jasaw · G. Kranjac-Berisavljevic
University for Development Studies, Wa and Tamale Campuses, Tamale, Ghana
e-mail: gjasaw@uds.edu.gh
G. A. B. Yiran
Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
e-mail: gyiran@ug.edu.gh
R. D. Lam
Graduate School for Frontier Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
G. Mohan
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS),
Tokyo, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
A. Gasparatos et al. (eds.), Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I,
Science for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_6
191