Sustainable Groundwater Resources In Africa

Author : Yongxin Xu,E. Braune
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000067070589

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Sustainable Groundwater Resources in Africa by Yongxin Xu,E. Braune Pdf

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 : Paul Pavelic,Karen G. Villholth,Shilp Verma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000866445

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Sustainable Groundwater Development for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa by Paul Pavelic,Karen G. Villholth,Shilp Verma Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and challenges of intensifying groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for improving smallholder agrarian livelihoods. Only about 3% of the groundwater resources of Sub-Saharan Africa are used for irrigated agriculture despite the subcontinent’s relative abundance of groundwater. The majority of the region’s smallholders are highly dependent on seasonal dryland cropping, making them extremely vulnerable to uncertain weather patterns and droughts. Improved irrigation capabilities through sustainable groundwater development could unleash smallholder farming and make it a major driver of economic growth, poverty reduction, climate resilience, and improved food security. So, why is groundwater so underused? Tapping into groundwater requires a major shift in farming practices and it has its own challenges and requirements – smallholder access to land and finance for irrigation infrastructure and equipment, gendered and equitable adoption options. This whole list is framed in terms of what the smallholder farmers need. Hence, this should also be put in this context, supply chains, energy access, resource availability, and institutional support. The chapters in this book present a picture that is not only heterogeneous across the region, but also hold some common denominators. They serve to enrich the discourse and help better understand the barriers along the pathways toward the sustainable and transformative adoption of groundwater irrigation. The scientific information provided herein would be of interest to researchers, practitioners, decision makers and planners with interest in the region. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of Water International journal.

Author : Salif Diop,Peter Scheren,Awa Niang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030612252

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Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa by Salif Diop,Peter Scheren,Awa Niang Pdf

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 : Segun Adelana,Alan MacDonald
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203889497

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Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa by Segun Adelana,Alan MacDonald Pdf

Groundwater is Africa‘s most precious natural resource, providing reliable water supplies for many people. Further development of groundwater resources is fundamental to increasing access to safe water across the continent to meet coverage targets and reduce poverty. There is also an increasing interest in the use of groundwater for irrigated

Author : Teng Ma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 7562525560

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Sustainable Development of Groundwater Resources in China and Africa by Teng Ma Pdf

Author : Viviana Re,Rodrigo Lilla Manzione,Tamiru A. Abiye,Aditi Mukherji,Alan MacDonald
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000539196

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Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth by Viviana Re,Rodrigo Lilla Manzione,Tamiru A. Abiye,Aditi Mukherji,Alan MacDonald Pdf

Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples’ lives and livelihoods. This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs. Spring water, wells or boreholes have provided safe drinking water and reliable water for irrigation or industry for millennia. However, the hidden nature of groundwater often means that it’s important role both historically and in the present is overlooked. This collection helps fill this knowledge gap, providing a diverse set of new studies encompassing different perspectives and geographies. Different interdisciplinary methodologies are described that can help understand linkages between groundwater, livelihoods and growth, and how these links can be threatened by over-use, contamination, and ignorance. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences; Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth is essential reading for those involved in groundwater and international development.

Author : J. Anthony A. Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048134267

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Sustaining Groundwater Resources by J. Anthony A. Jones Pdf

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century. Both have critical implications for groundwater resources, especially in many developing countries where resources are already under pressure. Due to low rainfall and high evaporation in parts of the Middle East and North Africa, groundwater is not being renewed, and groundwater laid down up to 10,000 years ago is literally being mined for irrigation, often very inefficiently. Over recent decades, groundwater levels have fallen dramatically in key grain-growing regions like the American Great Plains and the North China Plain. As the population grows and emerging economies like China and India demand more food, especially water intensive meat products, agricultural demand for water is set to increase. The rapid shift of population from the countryside to the cities is also adding to this pressure; most old wells in Beijing are now dry. Pollution from industry, agriculture and shanty towns is destroying many groundwater resources; some could take 50 years to clean up even with strict and immediate controls. This volume looks at the technical, socio-economic and political problems being faced, and at the developments in groundwater science and management that may help create a sustainable future for our planet.

Author : Victoria. Office of the Auditor-General
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Groundwater
ISBN : 1921650559

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Sustainable Management of Victoria's Groundwater Resources by Victoria. Office of the Auditor-General Pdf

Author : International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 1901502058

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Sustainability of Water Resources Under Increasing Uncertainty by International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific Assembly Pdf

Author : Holger Treidel,Jose Luis Martin-Bordes,Jason J. Gurdak
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203120767

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Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources by Holger Treidel,Jose Luis Martin-Bordes,Jason J. Gurdak Pdf

Climate change is expected to modify the hydrological cycle and affect freshwater resources. Groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for almost half of the worlds population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this,

Author : Fathi Zereini,Wolfgang Jaeschke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662108666

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Water in the Middle East and in North Africa by Fathi Zereini,Wolfgang Jaeschke Pdf

This volume presents the latest research related to the current water situation, as well as its significance for the peaceful coexistence of the neighbouring countries. The book focuses on crucial topics: water resources, water protection, water management and water as a source of conflict. Topics such as sewage disposal and soil protection, as well as the transfer of environmental technology are also discussed.

Author : Waltina Scheumann,Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Aquifers
ISBN : PSU:000065795910

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Conceptualizing Cooperation on Africa's Transboundary Groundwater Resources by Waltina Scheumann,Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle Pdf

Author : Bruce Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 1901502430

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Sustainability of Groundwater Resources and Its Indicators by Bruce Webb Pdf

Author : Raya Marina Stephan,James E. Nickum,Philippus Wester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000837643

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Groundwater by Raya Marina Stephan,James E. Nickum,Philippus Wester Pdf

Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. Everything around us relies on groundwater, our drinking water and sanitation, our food supply and our natural environment. Yet because it is invisible, information, management and governance of groundwater is often poor and inadequate. This book contributes to UN Water Groundwater year (2022), and to the effort of “making the invisible, visible”. Through worldwide case studies ranging from the Americas (California, Brazil), to Asia (India, Iran, Lao PDR, Nepal), Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa) and the MENA region (Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen), including cases of transboundary aquifers, the chapters in this edited volume reflect important recent advances in interdisciplinary knowledge on the governance, management, practice and science-policy interfaces of groundwater. An insightful resource for researchers and planners in the field of environmental policies, water laws, climate change and groundwater governance, this book comes with a new Introduction. The other chapters were originally published in Water International.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464811814

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Beyond Scarcity by World Bank Pdf

Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions make water security a different, and more urgent, challenge than ever before. This report shows that achieving water security means much more than coping with water scarcity. It means managing water resources in a sustainable, efficient, and equitable way. It also involves delivering water services reliably and affordably, to reinforce relationships between service providers and water users and contribute to a renewed social contract. Water security also entails mitigating water-related risks such as floods and droughts. Water security is an urgent target, but it is also a target within reach. A host of potential solutions to the region’s water management challenges exist. To make these solutions work, clear incentives are needed to change the way water is managed, conserved, and allocated. To make these solutions work, countries in the region will also need to better engage water users, civil society, and youth. The failure of policies to address water challenges can have severe impacts on people’s well-being and political stability. The strategic question for the region is whether countries will act with foresight and resolve to strengthen water security, or whether they will wait to react to the inevitable disruptions of water crises.