South Africa S Water Predicament

Author : Anja du Plessis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031240195

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South Africa’s Water Predicament by Anja du Plessis Pdf

The book provides a critical evaluation of South Africa’s freshwater resources to illustrate the way in which its freshwater resources, water access, services and infrastructure have continued to decline over the past three decades. The continued decline of water governance, management, water service delivery, dilapidated water infrastructure, dysfunctional local governments and overall excessive water degradation is illustrated and emphasized using real-life examples and case studies from various contexts within the country. The main argument of the book is that South Africa’s freshwater resources have declined to such an extent that it can be described as a predicament. Questionable water governance decisions and reactive water management practices have led to no improvement and/or increased degradation of freshwater resources. An overall lack of service delivery exists across the country, in various contexts, leading to further water and social decline. An inter-disciplinary evaluation of South Africa’s current water predicament is provided, major water crises are prioritized, and suitable recommendations are given to transform its predicament into problems which can be addressed. Suitable background information is given to emphasize the necessity of good water governance, management, and service delivery. South Africa’s freshwater resources are evaluated with specific focus on the decline of informed water governance, management, service delivery and water quality. Factors requiring urgent attention are determined and suitable recommendations and/or actions are provided. An evaluation and overall synthesis focused on the transformation of the predicament into problems is provided. Primary water problems are prioritized according to urgency and suitable recommendations are given to assist in transforming the country’s current complex water predicament into “simpler” water problems. Political will, collaboration with researchers, stakeholders, non-governmental organizations, and cooperation of civil society is required. South Africa’s already scarce freshwater resources and decaying infrastructure will persist and possibly collapse if no major actions or interventions are implemented.

Author : Murat Eyvaz,Ahmed Albahnasawi,Motasem Y. D. Alazaiza
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780854660568

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Hydrology - Current Research and Future Directions by Murat Eyvaz,Ahmed Albahnasawi,Motasem Y. D. Alazaiza Pdf

Hydrology - Current Research and Future Directions provides a comprehensive review of hydrological research using field investigations and integrated modeling in locations ranging from arid areas to regions with abundant water. Thanks to the contributions of expert researchers hailing from Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, India, and other countries, the complex dynamics of the world's water systems are better understood. The book discusses the pressure of climate change on water ecosystems and complex water management in cities. It provides information that can guide both practitioners and policymakers in the sustainable management of water through integrated water management and advanced treatment technologies. With its multidisciplinary research and approaches, this book opens the door not only to existing hydrology science but also to new partnerships in studies on sustainable water management.

Author : James E. Nickum,David B. Brooks,Anthony Richard Turton,Surina Esterhuyse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351973915

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The Water Legacies of Conventional Mining by James E. Nickum,David B. Brooks,Anthony Richard Turton,Surina Esterhuyse Pdf

The impact of mining is too big to ignore in a world of oversubscribed water. This is true of conventional mining as much as – or even more than – hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The legacy issues of such mining on water have not been fully appreciated, especially the irretrievable effects mining has had on communities and ecosystems around the world through its impact on water. Yet this is not an ‘us-or-them’ problem: the wealth, influence and technical knowledge of mining interests can and must be part of the solution. All of the contributions to this volume either consider the deficiencies of existing governance structures and the need for better ones, or explore the use of new techniques to identify and evaluate social and environmental impacts. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Water International.

Author : Khouloud Jlassi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031482281

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Clean Water: Next Generation Technologies by Khouloud Jlassi Pdf

Author : Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780620295192

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Hydropolitics in the Developing World by Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood Pdf

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 : Johann W.N. Tempelhoff
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781928396734

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South Africa’s water governance hydraulic mission (1912–2008) in a WEF-Nexus context by Johann W.N. Tempelhoff Pdf

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 : Michelle Hale Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415628617

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The Multicultural Dilemma by Michelle Hale Williams Pdf

This book considers the contemporary challenge of government in multicultural societies.

Author : Dr Jeroen Warner
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409487326

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Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management by Dr Jeroen Warner Pdf

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies from both developed and developing worlds, it recognizes that MSPs will neither automatically break down divides nor bring actors to the table on an equal footing, and argues that MSPs may in some cases do more harm than good. The volume then examines how MSPs can make a difference and how they might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors. The book highlights the particular difficulties of MSPs when dealing with integrated water management programmes, explaining how MSPs are most successful at a less complex and more local level. It finally questions whether MSPs are – or can be – sustainable, and puts forward suggestions for improving their durability.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822983019

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The Shale Dilemma by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran Pdf

The US shale boom and efforts by other countries to exploit their shale resources could reshape energy and environmental landscapes across the world. But how might those landscapes change? Will countries with significant physical reserves try to exploit them? Will they protect or harm local communities and the global climate? Will the benefits be shared or retained by powerful interests? And how will these decisions be made? The Shale Dilemma brings together experts working at the forefront of shale gas issues on four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development. Using a common analytical framework, the authors identify both local factors and transnational patterns in the decision-making process. Eight case studies reveal the trade-offs each country makes as it decides whether to pursue, delay, or block development. Those outcomes in turn reflect the nature of a country’s political process and the power of interest groups on both sides of the issue. The contributors also ask whether the economic arguments made by the shale industry and its government supporters have overshadowed the concerns of local communities for information on the effects of shale operations, and for tax policies and regulations to ensure broad-based economic development and environmental protection. As an informative and even-handed account, The Shale Dilemma recommends practical steps to help countries reach better, more transparent, and more far-sighted decisions.

Author : Zeray Yihdego
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004351769

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The Fairness ‘Dilemma’ in Sharing the Nile Waters by Zeray Yihdego Pdf

In The Fairness ‘Dilemma’ in Sharing the Nile Waters, Zeray Yihdego offers a comprehensive and critical account of the application of the fairness principle to sharing Nile water resources with particular emphasis on fairness regarding building, filling and benefits from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and offers critical insights and lessons available to public international law.

Author : Johan Rockstrom
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136571411

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Balancing Water for Humans and Nature by Johan Rockstrom Pdf

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs. The authors argue that a sustainable future depends fundamentally on our ability to manage these trade-offs and encourage long-term resilience. They advocate an ecohydrological approach to land/water/environmental problems and advance a strong, reasoned argument for viewing precipitation as the gross fresh water resource, ultimately responsible for sustaining all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services. This book makes the most coherent and holistic argument to date for a new ecological approach to understanding and managing water resources for the benefit of all. Basing their analysis on per capita needs for an acceptable nutritional diet, the authors analyse predictions of the amounts of water needed for global food production by 2050 and identify potential sources. Drawing on small-scale experiences in Africa and Asia, they also cover the vulnerability of the semi-arid tropics through a simplified model of green and blue water scarcity components.

Author : Jonathan Silver
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262376730

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The Infrastructural South by Jonathan Silver Pdf

An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa amid the third wave of urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and extending further afield. The Infrastructural South represents a major theoretical contribution to the study of infrastructure’s role in the third wave of urbanization centered on Africa. Based on over a decade of empirical research, Silver’s sweeping examination probes many of contemporary urbanism’s most exciting and pressing issues through the lens of the Global South. Focusing on Uganda, Ghana, and South Africa, Silver’s conceptually innovative chapters explore the way access to energy, water, sanitation, transit, and information technologies shape everyday life as they map the dynamic relations between cities, technology, and the environment. Pushing readers to look at the wider worlds that suffuse urban systems, this theoretical and geographical perspective treats Africa’s rapidly transforming towns and cities as complex sites of disruption, emancipation, and contradiction. In doing so, it shows how the proliferating urbanisms and contested techno-environments arise from shifting priorities in infrastructure planning, politics, and financing gaps. As urban issues become a key twenty-first-century challenge for Africa, Silver offers a comprehensive reworking of our understanding of urbanization. The Infrastructural South rethinks how global scholarship approaches infrastructure, laying pathways for future research at the intersection of technology, environmental urbanism, and urban politics.

Author : Romanus N. Egudu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1978-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349159437

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Modern African Poetry and the African Predicament by Romanus N. Egudu Pdf

Author : P. L. van den Berghe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000635690

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The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa by P. L. van den Berghe Pdf

Originally published in 1979, The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa discusses the dilemma of how to overthrow an oppressive social order maintained through violence in a non-violent manner. The contributors to this volume were all established social scientists and academics, with extensive experience of living and doing research in South Africa. They analyse various aspects of that dilemma and of the social order which creates it, particularly emphasizing the role of students, academics and other intellectuals in South African society.