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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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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