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Book/Printed Material Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters : Africa

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Title

  • Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters : Africa

Summary

  • In Africa, most major rivers, freshwater lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more countries. These nations are becoming increasingly vulnerable to conflict, and their vulnerabilities are made more acute by climatic variations in precipitation, increasing urbanization, industrialization and environmental degradation. The concept of resilience and vulnerability as it relates to water resources is tackled in this report within the framework of sustainability and relates to the ability of the human and bio-physical systems to adapt to change.--Publisher's description.

Names

  • United Nations Environment Programme

Created / Published

  • Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme, 2005.

Contents

  • Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience : series introduction / Aaron T. Wolf. Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience -- Water and security -- Regional instability : political dynamics of loss of irrigation water -- Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along Africa's international waters / Anthony Turton, ... [and others]. Drivers of hydropolitical vulnerability in Africa -- The capacity to absorb change : the state of hydropolitical cooperation in Africa -- Regional overview of key hydrological, sociological, and hydropolitical characteristics -- The hydropolitical situation in selected African basins -- Conclusions -- Regional and subregional efforts to build hydropolitical resilience in Africa / Arun Elhance, ... [and others]. Regional initiatives -- Sub-regional initiatives.

Headings

  • -  Groundwater--Law and legislation--Africa
  • -  International lakes--Law and legislation--Africa
  • -  International rivers--Law and legislation--Africa
  • -  Water rights--Africa

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xvi, 148 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KQC653

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021762824

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