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Author : Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie
Release : 2015-02-01
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 297/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin by : Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie
Download or read book Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin written by Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie. This book was released on 2015-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy O. Williams
Release : 2016-09-19
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 53X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Volta River Basin by : Timothy O. Williams
Download or read book The Volta River Basin written by Timothy O. Williams. This book was released on 2016-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth.
Author : Matthew McCartney
Release : 2012
Genre :
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Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Water Resource Implications of Changing Climate in the Volta River Basin by : Matthew McCartney
Download or read book The Water Resource Implications of Changing Climate in the Volta River Basin written by Matthew McCartney. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Volta River is one of the major rivers in Africa. In this study, a dynamic regional climate model (CCLM), a hydrological model (SWAT) and a water resource model (WEAP) were used to provide an assessment of one downscaled ‘middle impact’ climate change scenario on the performance of existing and planned irrigation and hydropower schemes. The results indicate that, by the middle of the twenty-first century, altered climate is likely to undermine the technical performance of existing and planned reservoirs, which will, in turn, affect development outcomes. Future water resources development in the basin requires interventions that bolster resilience and water security. Much more systematic planning of water storage, greater cooperation between the riparian states and consideration of innovative approaches to water storage are needed.
Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Release : 2020-12-18
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Book Rating : 910/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The VOLTA River Basin by : Taylor & Francis Group
Download or read book The VOLTA River Basin written by Taylor & Francis Group. This book was released on 2020-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth.
Author : Yaw Opoku-Ankomah
Release : 2006-07-07
Genre : Volta River Watershed (Ghana)
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Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hydro-political assessment of water governance from the top-down and review of literature on local level institutions and practices in the Volta Basin by : Yaw Opoku-Ankomah
Download or read book Hydro-political assessment of water governance from the top-down and review of literature on local level institutions and practices in the Volta Basin written by Yaw Opoku-Ankomah. This book was released on 2006-07-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “hydro-political” assessment of water governance in the Volta Basin is one of two preparatory activities intended to guide and inform the development of a generic methodological model for building local indigenous institutional principles into international/transboundary river basin institutional arrangements. This report details from a “top-down” perspective, the historical developments of water governance of the Volta River Basin, paying special attention to the economic, political and social dynamics of water management within the legal and institutional frameworks in the Ghana and Burkina Faso portions of the Volta basin. The findings are based primarily on literature review, interviews with some key professionals and to some extent, previous knowledge and field experience
