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Author : United Nations
Publisher : [Geneva, Swizerland] : United Nations Publications
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9211250897
Author : Johann W. N. Tempelhoff
Publisher : Vaal Triangle Faculty North-West University
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122174803
Author : Chrispin Kowenje,Andreas Haarstrick,Timothy Biswick,Gideon Ajeagah,Stephen Ojwach,Oluwatoyin A. Odeku,Gnon Baba
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031096631
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 : Anonim
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781621968337
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040
Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
Author : Marco Schouten,Edwin Hes,Zvikomborero Hoko
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781920109967
?Innovative practices in the African Water Supply and Sanitation Sector is a must read for practitioners who are interested getting started on the path towards more sustainable water management. It is a rich collection of practical African case studies covering innovative ways to approach such diverse topics as financing, capacity building, community ownership and management through to water loss reduction and health risk prioritisation provide a variety of entry points for governments and NGOs to take action.? ? Carol Howe SWITCH Project Director
Author : Yongxin Xu,E. Braune
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000067070589
Disseminating investigations and providing pointers towards achieving sustainable groundwater supplies in community environments across the African continent, this book provides coverage of search integrated water, sanitation, hygiene delivery, and implementation best practices. The second part, through a variety of case studies, illustrates the current status and pitfalls that hydrogeologists experience--highlighting the relevant challenges that Sub-Saharan Africa still faces in this battle. The chapters assess the current situation, best practices, and contemporary challenges.
Author : Müfit Bahadir
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783736960411
Water is a key driver of economic and social development, while it also has a basic function in maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. The traditional fragmented approach of dealing with water issues is no longer viable and a hybrid system, which incorporates modern methods, is essential. This is a rational approach that has now been accepted internationally as the way forward for efficient, equitable and sustainable development of the world’s limited but most precious resources. Finding solutions to these challenging hydric problems requires close collaboration between traditional knowledge and current science practices, expert practitioners, and stakeholders from private and public organizations. Therefore, this book encourages to contribute and to be part of the search for efficient solutions to water crisis in Sub Saharan Africa by widening scientific and technological know-how - and more importantly - engaging in knowledge brokerage. This book focuses on a multi-disciplinary diagnosis of water challenges in developing countries in general but specifically in Sub Saharan Africa, and proposes viable solutions with respect to modern and the traditional methods of water resource management. Specific areas of interest include water quality and quantity parameters, water supply in urban and rural areas, wastewater treatment and recycling.
Author : Johann W.N. Tempelhoff
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781928396734
Geologists, physicists and ecologists currently promote the idea of a post-Holocene epoch – the Anthropocene. As a result of constant innovation and modernisation in the fields of engineering, natural science, management studies and environmental studies there has been a growing awareness of the intrinsic interaction between humankind and the environment. Humankind has become part of the environmental dynamics, to the extent that they are literally able to change ecosystems. Nowhere is the impact more evident than in the anthropogenic engagement with the hydrosphere – from the smallest pool of water to the earth’s atmosphere. Comprehensive infrastructure development in water and sanitation, the growing trend to seek additional resources in the form of groundwater, desalinated seawater, and recycled wastewater, as well as special attention being given to capturing and preserving rainwater, bear evidence of a timely response to climate change, population growth and rapid development in many water-stressed regions of the world. The purpose of the book is to provide a historical overview of the manner in which South Africa’s water resources have been governed from a time when the Union of South Africa was formed, in 1910, up to 2008, a time of a growing global awareness of the potential impact that climate change may have on water resources in a key region of southern Africa, notable for increasing levels of aridity and more erratic rainfall patterns. This focus on the history of water affairs in South Africa makes it possible for scholars to comprehend the contemporary transitions made in the country’s water governance system since the establishment in 2014 of the Department of Water and Sanitation. The focus is on the Water–Energy–Food nexus, a strategy which holistically contemplates the governance and use of water from the perspective of the interconnection between water, energy and food as resources.
Author : Jonathan I. Matondo,Berhanu F. Alemaw,Wennegouda Jean Pierre Sandwidi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030315436
This book presents a comprehensive overview of climate variability and change in Africa, and includes impact assessments and case studies from integration frameworks, with a particular focus on climate, agriculture and water resources. Richly illustrated, the book highlights case studies from western, eastern and southern African region, and explores related development policies. Climate change adaptation research, prediction, and reanalysis are also addressed
Author : Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780620295192
Bringing contributions by a variety of authors together in one volume is part of an attempt to show that hydropolitics is a growing discipline in its own right. The prevailing definition of hydropolitics is widened to include the elements of scale and range. This is illustrated through a focus on theoretical and legal issues, case studies from Southern Africa and a proposed research agenda. The book is an important addition to the literature on hydropolitics.
Author : Inga M. Jacobs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441149824
This comparative study of transboundary water governance in Southern and East Africa analyzes the management norms that shape cooperative governance and regional water security.
Author : E. Oku,O. Asubonteng
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789988633042
Africa is endowed with rich land and water resources, which significantly contribute to the development of many economies on the continent. However, land degradation and water pollution remain major challenges facing many African countries. Harnessing Land and Water Resources for Improved Food Security and Ecosystem Services in Africa examines challenges facing land and water resources management in Africa and explores possible measures to improve food security and reduce poverty on the continent. The book is a compilation of research papers, written by eminent researchers and scientists from renowned Universities and reputable organisations in Ghana, Ethiopia, USA, South Africa, Nigeria, the Netherlands and Indonesia. Its main objective is to draw attention to the impact of human activities on land and water resources and the need for the sustainable management of Africa's ecosystem services to improve livelihoods. The individual chapters present relevant case studies on the effects of water and land management practices including urban waste water uses, land grabbing and climate change issues, so as to draw lessons from best practices that can be adopted to mitigate their efforts on food security and the well-being of the African population. The monograph concludes with recommendations on the appropriate strategies for managing wastelands to meet Africa's green energy needs.
Author : United Nations,United Nations Environment Programme,United Nations Dept,African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789280726916
This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.
Author : Anja du Plessis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319495026
This book promotes better understanding and awareness of South Africa' significant water problems by describing the country's and especially the Upper Vaal River’s water resources. It is a “go-to” book for students, professionals and regular citizens when information is required regarding the country's and more specifically the Upper Vaal River’s freshwater resources. It highlights the major problems and risks which need to be addressed and give a realistic and true representation of the current water affairs.