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Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa Perspectives and Solutions Towards an Imminent Water Crisis /

This book dedicated to “Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa” sets out the many challenges and implications of climatic change for freshwater resources in Africa, including its rivers, lakes and aquifers. Under the influence of a range of human factors, the status of water resources in Afric...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Diop, Salif. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Scheren, Peter. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Niang, Awa. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:
Water pollution.
Sustainable development.
Environmental management.
Climate change.
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
Sustainable Development.
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61225-2
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Citations
  • Foreword by Felix D. Dakora
  • Foreword by Daniel Nyanganyura
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement to Peer Reviewers
  • Authors and Contributors
  • About the Editors
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Water Resource Management within the Climate Change Context in Africa: Synthesis, Key Findings and Future Challenges
  • Chapter 2: Africa-wide trends in development and water resources through a climate change lens
  • Chapter 3: Water Resource Availability and Quality in the North Africa Region under Climate Change
  • Chapter 4: Climate Change and Water Resources in West Africa: A Case Study of Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal
  • Chapter 5: Climate change impact on hydrological regimes and extreme events in southern Africa
  • Chapter 6: Historic climatic variability and change: the importance of managing Holocene and Late Pleistocene groundwater in the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa
  • Chapter 7: A framework for IWRM in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for the Senegal River Delta
  • Chapter 8: Cumulative Impacts of Climate Change Variability around the Goronyo Dam in the Iullemmeden Basin, Northwest Nigeria
  • Chapter 9: Lentic-Lotic Water System Response to Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors in Kenya and their Sustainable Management
  • Chapter 10: Hydrology and climate impacts on streamflow and sediment yield in the Nyando River Basin, Kenya
  • Chapter 11: Saharan agriculture in the Algerian oasis: limited adaptation to environmental, social and economic changes
  • Chapter 12: Water management policy for freshwater security in the context of climate change in Senegal
  • Chapter 13: Assessment of Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on the Diarha Watershed
  • Chapter 14: Water resources in the Sahel and adaptation of agriculture to climate change: Burkina Faso
  • Chapter 15: Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Volta River Basin: reducing vulnerability and enhancing livelihoods and sustainable development
  • Chapter 16: Potential Transboundary Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under Climate Change and Variability
  • Chapter 17: Strengthening flood and drought risk management tools for the Lake Chad basin
  • Chapter 18: Developing a Framework for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Africa
  • Chapter 19:Mainstreaming Climate Change into Transboundary River Basins: a SADC Regional Case Study
  • Chapter 20: Does the use of local knowledge in complex systems reduce vulnerability to climate change? Insights from nexus water management in the Niger basin
  • Chapter 21: Proposed research, science, technology and innovation to address current and future challenges of climate change and water resource management in Africa
  • Index. .

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