Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan

In this important, multidisciplinary, open access study, Daniel Akech Thiong shows that the relations between climate disaster, pastoralist migration, and intercommunal conflict in Africa reach farther, both in time and space, than we realize. Focusing on the climate-shock-induced migrations of the...

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description In this important, multidisciplinary, open access study, Daniel Akech Thiong shows that the relations between climate disaster, pastoralist migration, and intercommunal conflict in Africa reach farther, both in time and space, than we realize. Focusing on the climate-shock-induced migrations of the Dinka people of South Sudan's Jonglei state into the Equatoria region, Thiong investigates the long-term ecological roots of conflicts among pastoralists, or between pastoralists and agriculturalists, over access shrinking waterholes and grazing zones. In so doing, he not only offers important correctives to prevalent, short-term narratives around individual political conflicts—narratives that provide little fodder for any long-term solutions--but also sheds new light on the role of governance, both national and local, in creating or mitigating the conflicts. Thiong in fact reveals examples of unusual cooperation between diverse ethnic groups amidst climate-change-induced disasters, and these findings shed new light on similar developments elsewhere in Africa, all of which offers new lessons for those who wish to mitigate future clashes related to climate-shock-induced displacement and encourage social stability. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
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Climate change and migration
Climate change and migration in Africa
Climate shock
Climate change and conflict
Climate change and conflict in Africa
Climate change in South Sudan
Conflict in South Sudan
Climate change and displacement
Displacement and conflict
Southern Jonglei Dinka
Migration in South Sudan
Migration into Equatoria
Economic geography
African environmental history
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Thiong, Daniel Akech
Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
title Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
title_full Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
title_fullStr Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
title_short Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan
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topic Climate change
Climate change and migration
Climate change and migration in Africa
Climate shock
Climate change and conflict
Climate change and conflict in Africa
Climate change in South Sudan
Conflict in South Sudan
Climate change and displacement
Displacement and conflict
Southern Jonglei Dinka
Migration in South Sudan
Migration into Equatoria
Economic geography
African environmental history
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Climate change and migration
Climate change and migration in Africa
Climate shock
Climate change and conflict
Climate change and conflict in Africa
Climate change in South Sudan
Conflict in South Sudan
Climate change and displacement
Displacement and conflict
Southern Jonglei Dinka
Migration in South Sudan
Migration into Equatoria
Economic geography
African environmental history
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