This paper presents a preliminary analysis of work conducted along altitudinal gradients in the mountains and plains of northern Tanzania. We find evidence of a high degree of interdependence among groups of people of different language/cultural groups and socio-economic status interacting along environmental gradients from high to low altitude. We call this socio-geographical adaptation to climate change. However, our analysis and discussion adds complexity to any simple notion of adaptation to climate change since changes are multiple and adaptation is complex.
Wangui, EE; Smucker, TA; Wisner, B; Lovell, E; Mascarenhas, A; Solomon, M; Weiner, D; Munna, A; Sinha, G; Bwenge, C; Meena, H; Munishi, P
Integrated development, risk management and community-based climate change adaptation in a mountain-plains system in Northern Tanzania
Revue De Geographie Alpine-Journal Of Alpine Research