Heritage Resources, Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge System in Africa: Implications for Regenerative Tourism in Rural Communities

Nwankwo EA

Published on: 2026-02-17

Abstract

Climate change has caused unprecedented sustainability issues on the various aspects of the human environment. Although many studies had over the years, investigated the effect of climate change and responding climate change adaptation techniques, in some aspects of the human environment and livelihood, only few of these studies had focused on the tangible and intangible heritage resources. This calls for a holistic review of literatures on climate change adaptation, heritage resources and indigenous knowledge system, with a view to determining the extent of scholarly engagements on the subject matter, and have a clear direction for future studies. To this end, this study was aimed at conducting an empirical review of literatures on climate change adaptation, indigenous knowledge system and heritage resources. It also examined the implications of the result for regenerative tourism in rural African communities. The study adopted literature method and holistic empirical review. At the end, the study was able to ascertain the current literary contributions to the subject matter, determined the direction for future studies, and examined the implications of the study for regenerative tourism in rural African communities.