Combating Water Scarcity In Southern Africa

Author : Msangi Josephine Phillip
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400770979
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa written by Msangi Josephine Phillip and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a close examination of water scarcity as a developmental challenge facing member nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the interventions that have been implemented to combat the situation and the challenges still outstanding. The first chapter paints the backdrop of the water scarcity problem, reviewing historical approaches from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) to the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012), and recapping principles and agreements reached during and after these conferences. Chapter two examines the Southern Africa region’s efforts to combat water scarcity including principles, policies and strategies and the responsibility of each member to implement them. Written by the editor, J.P. Msangi, the chapter describes Namibia’s efforts to ensure management of scarce water. Beyond enacting management and pollution control regulations and raising public awareness, Namibia encourages research to ensure attainment of the requirements of both the SADC Protocol and its own water scarcity management laws. The next three chapters offer Namibia-based case studies on impacts of pollution on water treatment; on the effects of anthropogenic activities on water quality and on the effects of water transfers from dams upstream of Von Bach dam. The final chapter provides detailed summaries of the issues discussed in the book, highlighting conclusions and offering recommendations. Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa synthesizes issues pertinent to the SADC countries as well as to other regions, and offers research that up to now has not been conducted in Namibia.

Author : Pierre Frühling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Liquid More Valuable Than Gold written by Pierre Frühling and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anja du Plessis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331949502X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freshwater Challenges of South Africa and its Upper Vaal River written by Anja du Plessis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book promotes better understanding and awareness of South Africa' significant water problems by describing the country's and especially the Upper Vaal River’s water resources. It is a “go-to” book for students, professionals and regular citizens when information is required regarding the country's and more specifically the Upper Vaal River’s freshwater resources. It highlights the major problems and risks which need to be addressed and give a realistic and true representation of the current water affairs.

Author : Anthony Turton
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 0620295198
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hydropolitics in the Developing World written by Anthony Turton and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2002 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Len Abrams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management of Water Scarcity in Southern Africa written by Len Abrams and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : African Water Issues Research Unit Centre for International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Options in Water-stressed States written by and published by African Water Issues Research Unit Centre for International. This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 088936804X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Management in Africa and the Middle East written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1996 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Africa Water Development Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean-Marc Faurès
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN 13 : 9789251073049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Water Scarcity written by Jean-Marc Faurès and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of FAO staff and consultants in the framework of the project "Coping with water scarcity - the role of agriculture", and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome, during the period 14-16 December 2009 on the same subject. It was subsequently edited and revised, taking account of discussions in the Expert Consultation and materials presented to the meeting. The purpose of the Expert Consultation was to assist FAO to better design its water scarcity programme. In particular, the experts were requested to provide recommendations on the range of technical and policy options and associated principles that FAO should promote as part of an agricultural response to water scarcity in member countries. The document offers views on the conceptual framework on which FAO's water scarcity programme should be based, proposes a set of definitions associated with the concept of water scarcity, and indicates the main principles on which FAO should base its action in support to its member countries. At the meeting, experts were requested to review the draft document and provide feedback and recommendations for its finalization. Issues that were addressed in discussions included: 3⁄4 Water scarcity: agreement on key definitions. 3⁄4 The conceptualisation of water scarcity in ways that are meaningful for policy development and decision-making. 3⁄4 The quantification of water scarcity. . 3⁄4 Policy and technical response options available to ensure food security in conditions of water scarcity. . 3⁄4 Criteria and principles that should be used to establish priorities for action in response to water scarcity in agriculture and ensure effective and efficient water scarcity coping strategies.

Author : J R. Meigh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book A grid-based approach to water scarcity estimates for eastern and southern Africa written by J R. Meigh and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: