Publisher's Synopsis
In "Integrated Emic-Etic Analysis of Dynamic Social-Ecological Systems: Approaches and Models of Climate, Environments, and Livelihoods Nexus in Kenya's Maasailand," Dr. Margaret Mwangi engages integrated approaches and modeling to capture the diverse factors, processes, and their various interactions in the study of the constantly changing Maasai social-ecological systems. The various elements structuring the strongly coupled social-ecological systems of the Maasai are conceptualized. The explication presented in this book reveals the system of Maasai-pastoralism as a plausible echo from the past. The current volume contributes toward efforts that anticipate enhancing analyses of drought disaster/risk management in indigenous and strongly coupled social-ecological systems such as exemplified by Maasai livelihoods. The book serves as a guide vis-à-vis formulating informed climate disaster/risk interventions. The book is a valuable contribution to interdisciplinary and development studies, fieldwork, and integrated research; and will be of particular interest to practitioners and scholars across disciplines.
