Local communities’ perceptions of climate variability in the Mt. Elgon region, eastern Uganda
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Date
2016
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Cogent Environmental Science
Abstract
In order to develop climate adaptation strategies that address location
and context-specific vulnerabilities, there is need to understand how communities
perceive the variability in their climate as perception of climate variability is a critical
component within which climate adaptation should operate. This paper examines
communities’ perceptions about climate variability in relation to available meteorological
data in the Mt. Elgon region. The study demonstrates that community perceptions
of temperature and precipitation trends as indicators of climate variability
are in agreement with meteorologically observed trends. It also reveals that local
communities’ perceptions of climate variability may also provide more localized
contexts of climate variability which be insufficiently captured by meteorological
data in communities where capture of meteorological data is not fully developed.
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Keywords
Climate variability, Community perception, Mt. Elgon
Citation
Bomuhangi, A., Nabanoga, G., Namaalwa, J. J., Jacobson, M. G., & Abwoli, B. (2016). Local communities’ perceptions of climate variability in the Mt. Elgon region, eastern Uganda. Cogent Environmental Science, 2(1), 1168276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311843.2016.1168276