A Methodology for the Vulnerability Analysis of the Climate Change in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Belcore, Elena; Calvo, Angela; Canessa, Carolin; Pezzoli, Alessandro

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59096-7_5

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“…In the present study, climate change, variability and trends in 5 zones of western Oromia; namely: Jimma, Buno Bedele, East Wollega, West Wollega, and West Shewa zone, were examined in this study (Figure 1). Oromia is the largest and most populous region in Ethiopia (Belcore et al, 2017), which consists of 20 administrative zones. The study area is located between 7.25ºN and 10.40ºN and 34.35ºE and 38.57ºE.…”

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Evidences of climate change presences in the wettest parts of southwest Ethiopia

Gemeda

Korecha²,

Garedew

2021

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Climate change has been identified as a major challenge of rainfed agriculture. To contextualize whether there is climate change footprint, identification of rainfall and temperature trend at regional and local scale is helpful for designing long-term adaptation and mitigation strategies. The present study therefore aims to assess evidences of climate change presences in terms of, climate variability and trend in the wettest parts of Southwest Ethiopia. Daily and monthly historical gridded rainfall and temperature data (1983–2016) of ten stations were provided by Ethiopian National Metrological Agency. Moreover, long years historical recorded climate data of Nekemte and Bedele (1971–2020) and Sekoru (1981–2020) were used in the present study. Coefficient of variation, the Mann-Kendall non-parametric statistical test and Sen's slope estimator, linear regression analysis and the precipitation concentration index were applied to detect the presence of climate change in the southwest parts of Ethiopia. In this study, the trend package of open R software employed for trend identification and rate of change per year. The results indicate that the annual rainfall has declining trend at five stations with statistically significant at one station while the mean maximum and minimum temperature shows a statistically significant increasing trend at eight and six stations, respectively. At a seasonal scale, the amount of rainfall in the main rainy season (June to August) is dominated by a downward trend (eight out of ten stations) while, the autumn season (September to November) shows an increasing trend in all stations with statistically significant at one station. The precipitation concentration index analysis revealed that inconsistent and significantly irregular precipitation is observed at six stations (60%) of the ten stations. This study concludes that the climate of the wettest parts of Ethiopia is getting warmer and the amount of rainfall in the main rainy season has declined in the vast majority of the study area.

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Evidences of climate change presences in the wettest parts of southwest Ethiopia

Gemeda

Korecha²,

Garedew

2021

Heliyon

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“…The mean annual minimum and maximum temperature range from 11 to 32°C, respectively. The areas have the mean annual rain fall of 800 mm and three distinct seasons; a short rainy season (March to May), a long rainy season (June to September) and a dry season (October to February) (14,15) Whereas, Batu is a town and separate district, located on the road connecting Addis Ababa to Hawasa in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It has latitude of 7°56′North and longitude of 38°43′East, with an elevation of 1643 meters above sea level.…”

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Identification of Canine Brucellosis in Three Province, Ethiopia

Girmay

Sisay

Belete

2021

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Background: In Ethiopia, brucellosis has been reported targeted on bovine, occasionally on shoat, and rarely on camels. An investigation of the disease Brucellosis in the neglected companion animals is scared in Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to identify canine brucellosis in Batu town, Alage and Naka village through cross sectional approaches. A total of 389 serum samples (207 from Batu, 107 from Alage, and 75 from Naka) were collected by restraining dogs with a portable and safe modified dog crush, invented by this author. Blood samples were collected from ear vein and sera were screened for Brucella antibodies using different serological tests. RBPT prepared from the smooth strain B. abortus antigen and CFT was used as a screening test and confirmatory test, respectively. Furthermore, all sera samples had also screened by RBPTcanis antigen (rough strain); and those positive were considered the cause for B. canis infection. Results: Using RBPT smooth strains, 21(5.4%; CI: 3.35, 7.96) were positive and 19(4.88%; CI: 2.7, 7.0) were confirmed by CFT. Besides, 34 (8.74%; CI: 5.92, 11.56) were positive for RBPTcanis rough strains. Relatively, higher proportion of anti B. canis antibodies had seen in Batu (11.59%) followed by Alage (5.61%), and Naka (5.33%). Sex, living condition, and history of obstetrical problem were significantly associated with the occurrence of canine brucellosis (p< 0.05). Odd of canine brucellosis due to smooth and rough strains in outdoor dogs were 4.72 and 6.42 times higher compared with indoors, respectively. This is true the fact that outdoors had a chance of getting infected aborted wastes when roaming freely. Conclusion: This study suggests that canine brucellosis is prevalent in the province. The seropositivity could give an insight that, the awareness of the people toward the disease was also the gap in the study area. Hence, this warrants public education among the community is recommended.

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“…In this view, Belcore et al introduced an innovative index that quantifies the ability of a local system to react to hazard: the "Incapacity to React" is the interaction between vulnerability and resilience [55]. In this study, the interconnections between vulnerability and resilience to face climate change are addressed by an urban index that considers climate-driven shocks and their environmental, political and economic stresses.…”

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Territorial Resilience: Toward a Proactive Meaning for Spatial Planning

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The international debate on resilience has grown around the ability of a community to prepare for and adapt to natural disasters, with a growing interest in holistically understanding complex systems. Although the concept of resilience has been investigated from different perspectives, the lack of understanding of its conceptual comprehensive aspects presents strong limitations for spatial planning and for the adoption of policies and programs for its measurement and achievement. In this paper, we refer to “territorial resilience” as an emerging concept capable of aiding the decision-making process of identifying vulnerabilities and improving the transformation of socio-ecological and technological systems (SETSs). Here, we explore the epistemology of resilience, reviewing the origins and the evolution of this term, providing evidence on how this conceptual umbrella is used by different disciplines to tackle problem-solving that arises from disaster management and command-control practices to augment the robustness. Assuming the SETSs paradigm, the seismic and structural engineering, social sciences and history, urban planning and climatology perspectives intersects providing different analytical levels of resilience, including vulnerability and patrimony from a community and cultural perspective. We conclude that territorial resilience surpasses the analytical barriers between different disciplines, providing a useful concept related to complex problem-solving phenomena for land use planning, opening a new research question: how can territorial resilience be measured, acknowledging different units and levels of analysis aiding decision-making in spatial plans and projects? In attempting to understand a resilient system, quantitative and qualitative measurements are crucial to supporting planning decisions.

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A Methodology for the Vulnerability Analysis of the Climate Change in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Evidences of climate change presences in the wettest parts of southwest Ethiopia

Evidences of climate change presences in the wettest parts of southwest Ethiopia

Identification of Canine Brucellosis in Three Province, Ethiopia

Territorial Resilience: Toward a Proactive Meaning for Spatial Planning

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