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Climate change and water resources in Africa : perspectives and solutions towards an imminent water crisis / / Salif Diop, Peter Scheren, Awa Niang, editors
| Climate change and water resources in Africa : perspectives and solutions towards an imminent water crisis / / Salif Diop, Peter Scheren, Awa Niang, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXX, 521 p. 214 illus., 193 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 363.61096 |
| Soggetto topico | Water-supply - Africa |
| ISBN | 3-030-61225-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483305503321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean / / edited by Salif Diop, Peter Scheren, John Ferdinand Machiwa
| Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean / / edited by Salif Diop, Peter Scheren, John Ferdinand Machiwa |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Collana | Estuaries of the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Marine sciences
Freshwater Aquatic ecology Coasts Conservation biology Ecology Marine & Freshwater Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology Coastal Sciences Conservation Biology/Ecology |
| ISBN | 3-319-25370-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1: The Western Indian Ocean: A Wealth of Life-Supporting Ecosystem Goods and Services -- 2: Species composition of fisheries resources of the Tana and Sabaki estuaries in the Malindi-Ungwana Bay, Kenya -- 3: Are peri-urban mangroves vulnerable? An assessment through litter fall studies -- 4: The importance of the Thukela River Estuary, East Coast of South Africa, for the biology of the near-shore environment and associated human aspects: a review -- 5: The mangroves of Ambanja and Ambaro Bays, northwest Madagascar: Historical dynamics, current status and deforestation mitigation strategy -- 6: Tana Delta and Sabaki Estuaries of Kenya: freshwater and sediment input, upstream threats and management challenges -- 7: Integrated Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate: the Implication of Anthropogenic activities on the Tana and Athi/Sabaki Rivers Water System for Sustainable Development -- 8: The socioeconomic causes and impacts of modification of Tana River flow regime -- 9: Hydrodynamic Modelling on Transport, Dispersion and Deposition of Suspended Particulate Matter in Pangani Estuary, Tanzania -- 10: Tanzanian reef building corals may succumb to bleaching events: Evidences from coral-Symbiodinium symbioses -- 11: Estuarine Environmenta l and Socio-economic Impacts Associated with Upland Agricultural Irrigation and Hydropower Developments: The Case of Rufiji and Pangani Estuaries, Tanzania -- 12: The Rufiji Estuary: Climate Change, Anthropogenic Pressures, Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptive Management Strategies -- 13: Small estuarine and non-estuarine mangrove ecosystems of Tanzania: overlooked coastal habitats? -- 14: Limpopo estuary mangrove transformation, rehabilitation and management -- 15: Re-thinking estuarine ecosystem governance in the WIO region -- 16: Mapping Factors That Contribute to Coral Reef Resilience Using in situ and Satellite Data in East Africa -- 17: Coral recruitment and coral reef resilience on Pemba Island, Tanzania -- 18: The hydrodynamics of the Incomati Estuary – an alternative approach to estimate the minimum environmental flow -- 19: Estuary Management in South Africa – an overview of the challenges and progress made to date -- 20: Future Outlook: The Importance of a Science and Ecosystem-based Approach for the Sustainable Management of Estuaries and Their Life-Supporting Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254101103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa / / edited by Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau, Cyr Descamps
| The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa / / edited by Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau, Cyr Descamps |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91 |
| Collana | Estuaries of the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Marine sciences Freshwater Nature conservation Environmental Management Marine & Freshwater Sciences Nature Conservation |
| ISBN | 3-319-06388-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Western and Central Africa land-sea interface: A vulnerable, threatened and important 2. West African coastal area: Challenges and outlook -- 3. Morphological and hydrodynamic changes in the lower estuary of the Senegal River: Effects on the environment of the breach of the “Langue de Barbarie sand spit in 2003 -- 4. Management of a tropical river: impacts on the resilience of the Senegal river estuary -- 5. Combined uses of supervised classification and normalized difference vegetation index techniques to monitor land degradation in the saloum saline estuary -- 6. Studies and transactions on pollution assessment of the lagos lagoon system, Nigeria -- 7. Estuarine and ocean circulation dynamics in the Niger delta, Nigeria: implications for oil spill and pollution management -- 8. Morphological characteristics of the bonny and cross river (Calabar) estuaries in Nigeria: implications for navigation and environmental hazards -- 9. Status of large marine flagship faunal diversity within Cameroon estuaries of Central African coast -- 10. Morphology analysis of Niger delta shoreline & estuaries for ecotourism potential in Nigeria -- 11. Importance of mangrove litter production in the protection of Atlantic coastal forest of Cameroon and Ghana -- 12. Carbon budget in mangrove forests of varying degradation regimes in the western coastal wetlands complex (ramsar site 1017) of Southern Benin, West Africa -- 13. Rapid assessment of mangrove conditions for potential payment for ecosystem services in some estuaries of western region of Ghana, West Africa -- 14. Plantation agriculture as a driver of deforestation and degradation of Central African coastal estuarine forest landscape of South Western Cameroon -- 15. Assessment of mangrove carbon stocks in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) including their potential for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) -- 16. Governing Through Networks: Working towards a sustainable management of West Africa’s coastal mangrove ecosystems -- 17. The importance of scientific knowledge as support to protection, conservation and management of West and Central African estuaries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299554503321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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