Human Ecology of Pastorialism

Module Research Resources: Resource created by the Understanding Sudan project.

Background Information

• Darfur: Rainfall and Conflict. Paper by Leslie Gray and Michael Kevane. Examines connection between rainfall and conflict. Analysis of the data suggests there is little merit to the proposition that a structural break several decades earlier is a reasonable predictor of the outbreak of large-scale civil conflict in Africa.
• Disasters: Special Issue - Food Security in Sudan Guest Edited by Kirsten Gelsdorf, Peter Walker and Daniel Maxwell. March 2007 - Vol. 31 Issue s1 Page S1-S138. Contains a selection of papers presented at a forum, organised by the World Food Programme and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, and held in Khartoum in June 2006.
• Is Climate Change the Culprit for Darfur? By Alex de Waal. Posted une 25th, 2007 on his SSRC Blog: http://www.ssrc.org/blog/category/darfur/
• Sudan Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment, By UNEP, June 2007. (Entire report, 35 mb; synthesis, 1.79 mb)
• Water in Sudan - From Aquastat. FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture