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Author : J. Balek
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080869998
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Africa written by J. Balek and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Africa
Author : J. Balek
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080870090
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Regions written by J. Balek and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1983-07-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, integrated view of the behaviour of the tropical hydrological cycle under various ecological, geographical and climatological conditions. The book also examines the problems of water management in relation to agriculture and civil engineering.
Author : K. A. Edwards
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9789290530435
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Water Resource in Tropical Africa and Its Exploitation written by K. A. Edwards and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Shahin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306480654
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa written by M. Shahin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa, the cradle of many old civilizations, is the second largest world continent, and the homeland of nearly one-eighth of the world population. Despite Africa’s richness in natural resources, the average income per person, after excluding a few countries, is the lowest all over the world, and the percentage of inhabitants infected with contagious diseases is the highest. Development of Africa to help accommodate the ever-increasing population and secure a reasonable living standard to all inhabitants, though an enormous challenge is extremely necessary. Water is the artery of life, without it all living creatures on earth cannot survive. As such, a thorough knowledge of the meteorological and hydrological processes influencing the yield and quality of the water resources, surface and subsurface, and their distribution and variability in time and space is unavoidable for the overall development of any part of the world. It is highly probable that the said knowledge is at present a top priority to Africa, a continent that has been for so long-and probably still-devastated by the endless ambitions of colonial powers not to forget the corruption and destruction practiced by the internal powers, at least in some countries. The present book “Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa” is written with the aim of bringing together in one volume a fair amount of knowledge any professional involved in hydrology and water resources of Africa needs to know.
Author : M. Bonell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139443845
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics written by M. Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
Author : M. Shahin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781402008665
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa written by M. Shahin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa, the cradle of many old civilizations, is the second largest world continent, and the homeland of nearly one-eighth of the world population. Despite Africa’s richness in natural resources, the average income per person, after excluding a few countries, is the lowest all over the world, and the percentage of inhabitants infected with contagious diseases is the highest. Development of Africa to help accommodate the ever-increasing population and secure a reasonable living standard to all inhabitants, though an enormous challenge is extremely necessary. Water is the artery of life, without it all living creatures on earth cannot survive. As such, a thorough knowledge of the meteorological and hydrological processes influencing the yield and quality of the water resources, surface and subsurface, and their distribution and variability in time and space is unavoidable for the overall development of any part of the world. It is highly probable that the said knowledge is at present a top priority to Africa, a continent that has been for so long-and probably still-devastated by the endless ambitions of colonial powers not to forget the corruption and destruction practiced by the internal powers, at least in some countries. The present book “Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa” is written with the aim of bringing together in one volume a fair amount of knowledge any professional involved in hydrology and water resources of Africa needs to know.
Author : Salif Diop
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030612252
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa written by Salif Diop and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is on the key water-related vulnerabilities to climate change in Africa, particularly in its most vulnerable areas, exploring potential management responses to such vulnerabilities. The African countries are particularly exposed and vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, with important impacts on water resources and hydrological systems, water availability, water resource management and sea level variations. Already, under various anthropogenic pressures, the status of water resources in Africa has been changing over the past decades, with decreasing water quality, falling groundwater levels, and variability in rainfall, both in terms of timing and intensity. Climate change will further accelerate the rate of change, affecting the ability of people and societies to respond in a timely manner. It is clear that there is no quick fix to the pressures imposed on water resources by climate change. Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities to extreme events such as flooding and drought, and integrating climate change risks and opportunities into development decision-making is indeed a key challenge, as much a technical climate-change one, as a political and developmental challenge. The book, in this regard, intends to contribute to the debate around climate change in relation to water resources management in Africa, and in particular inform policy decisions and actions that will improve governments’ and communities’ ability to manage the challenges of climate change and variability in relation to the aquatic ecosystems that they depend on. The knowledge collected in this book will benefit policy makers, researchers, as well as other stakeholders.
Author : Michael Bonell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521452686
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics written by Michael Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-02 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental problems in the humid tropical regions, where the focus is on the fate and management of the surviving rainforest and climate change, are attracting increasing attention internationally. The distribution of tropical rainfall is highly variable, and in many regions the supply of potable water is inadequate. By the end of the century one-third of the world's population will be living in the humid tropics. This book considers all aspects of hydrology in the humid tropics. The first four parts of the book cover the physical basis of hydrology in the humid tropics: climatology, meteorology, process hydrology, sedimentation, water quality and freshwater ecology. This is followed by extensive treatment of the human and societal issues: land-use changes, water resource management, and rural and urban water supply in the tropical regions. The book is a uniquely integrated summary of hydrology in the tropics.
Author : Benjamin Koetz
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038421537
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Earth Observation for Water Resource Management in Africa written by Benjamin Koetz and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Earth Observation for Water Resource Management in Africa" that was published in Remote Sensing
Author : Peter Speth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642129579
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa written by Peter Speth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21th century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interdisciplinary approach is used in the book. Strategies are offered for a sustainable and future-oriented water management. Based on different scenarios, a range of management options is suggested with the aid of Information Systems and Spatial Decision Support Systems for two river catchments in Northwest and West Africa: the wadi Drâa in south-eastern Morocco and the Ouémé basin in Benin. The selected catchments are representative in the sense: "what can be learnt from these catchments for other similar catchments?
Author : Eric Craswell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055919
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change written by Eric Craswell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents papers from an international conference, held in Bonn, Germany in February 2005, that dealt with integrated water resources management in industrialized and developing countries. The papers detail such emerging concepts as blue and green water, virtual water, the water footprints of nations, multi-agent modeling, linkages between water and biodiversity, and social learning and adaptive management.
Author : Ondieki, Christopher Misati
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799801659
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources Management in Arid, Semi-Arid, and Tropical Regions written by Ondieki, Christopher Misati and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydrology is a key influence on water security, environmental sustainability, agricultural production, energy, and transport, especially in unique environments such as arid regions and the tropics, where degradation issues on water and land can threaten the livelihoods of poor communities. With implications in urbanization, landscape architecture, and sanitation, enhancing the practice of water use, management, and planning is imperative for the sustainable development of these regions. Hydrology and Water Resources Management in Arid, Semi-Arid, and Tropical Regions is an essential research publication that seeks to improve scientific understanding and sharing of data in hydrology and integrated water resources management of arid, semi-arid, and tropical regions in order to enhance water governance and alleviate reduction in the vulnerability of water resources systems to global changes. Featuring a wide range of topics such as hydrometeorology, sustainable development, and climate change, this book is ideal for researchers, technology developers, academicians, policymakers, government officials, and students.
Author : Hans E. Beekman
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9280725742
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Facing the Facts written by Hans E. Beekman and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2006-07-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa's high dependence upon natural resources makes the continent particularly vulnerable to changes in the availability of water as a result of climate changes. In this study, the vulnerability of water resources to environmental change is assessed on a river/lake/groundwater basin scale for the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern African regions.
Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9789280731101
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Africa Water Atlas written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Africa Water Atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics, hundreds of compelling photos plus a brief profile of the water situation in every country. These visual elements vividly illustrate a succinct narrative describing and analysing Africa's water issues and exemplifying them through the judiciious use of case studies. The Atlas tells the paradoxical story of a continent with adequate renewable water resources, but unequal access because the water is either abundant or scarce depending on the season or the place. it explores the opportunities to develop Africa's untapped water resources and human capacities to deliver safe drinking water and sanitation services to achieve the water-related Millennium Development Goals, As well as hydropower and irrigation services that help support livelihoods and boost economic development.
Author : Chrispin Kowenje
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031096630
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book From Traditional to Modern African Water Management written by Chrispin Kowenje and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book preserves and scientifically interprets the African foreknowledge on water resources management. It offers insight into the relevance of the traditional knowledge and practices to modern approaches on sustainable water management. The African continent has partially preserved its natural habitat for centuries. In this book, this knowledge is combined with the current scientific understanding. The traditional practices are categorized as: i) water harvesting, ii) water transportation, iii) water storage and conservation, iv) water treatments, v) myths and folk stories about water management or conservation, vi) water resource management systems, and vii) soil–water–forest conservation/management systems sub-topics. The findings presented here are in line with SDG 6, which aims at ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by the year 2030.
Author : Derek F Hayward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100069223X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Climatology of West Africa written by Derek F Hayward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987, this book brings together information previously buried in specialist sources and makes it available to the student in a non-technical and well-illustrated synthesis. It builds a clear and detailed picture of the climates of West Africa, describing and explaining them and showing how crucial this understanding is to everyday life. The climate’s relevance to water resources, agriculture, health and industry is systematically considered.
Author : Larry W. Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317916379
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security written by Larry W. Harrington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the evolution of ten years’ learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. It draws on the experiences of over 100 projects conducted in ten river basins in the developing world. The book describes how the program’s design evolved from an emphasis on water scarcity, water productivity, and water access to an emphasis on using water innovations to improve livelihoods and address development challenges in specific river basins. It shows how the research was used to foster change in stakeholder behavior, linking it to improved knowledge, attitudes, and skills, which were fostered by stakeholder participation, innovation, dialogue, and negotiation. The authors describe development challenges, their drivers and their political context, how to address them through technical, institutional, and policy innovations; and the consequences of change at different scales, time frames on equity, resilience, and ecosystem services. Overall, the work represents a major synthesis and landmark publication for all concerned with water resource management and sustainable development.
