ISBN:
9781315707334
,
9781138900240
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 281 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Earthscan series on major river basins of the world
DDC:
333.7309667
Keywords:
Wasser
;
Wasserversorgung
;
Entwicklung
;
Ökosystem
;
Fluss
;
Volta (Region)
;
Water resources development
;
Water-supply
;
Volta River Watershed (Ghana) Economic conditions
;
Volta River Watershed (Ghana) Environmental condition
Abstract:
Socioeconomic status, trends and drivers of change / Shashidhara Kolavalli and Timothy O. Williams -- Surface water resources of the Volta Basin / Marloes L. Mul, Raymond A. Kasei and Matthew McCartney -- Groundwater resources of the Volta Basin / Emmanuel Obuobie, Boubacar Barry and William Agyekum -- Climate variability and change over the Volta River Basin / Mouhamadou B. Sylla, Frank O. Annor, Raymond A. Kasei and Mamadou L. Mbaye -- Managing floods and droughts / Raymond A. Kasei, Barnabas Amisigo and Marloes L. Mul -- Poverty, vulnerability and livelihoods in the Volta Basin : a gendered analysis / Amy Sullivan, Elsie Odonkor and Nicoline de Haan -- Water governance in the Volta Basin / Ben Ampomah, Winston Andah and Charles Biney -- Improving agriculture and food security in the Volta Basin / Augustine Ayantunde, Pamela G. Katic, Olufunke Cofie and Edward K. Abban -- Urban and industrial development / Daniel Van Rooijen, Ben Ampomah, Josiane Nikiema, Yacouba Noël Coulibaly and Lydie Yiougo -- Water-food-energy nexus and hydropower development / Emmanuel O. Bekoe, Winston Andah, Frederick Y. Logah and Bedru B. Balana -- Ecosystem services in the Volta Basin / Fred Kizito and Bedru B. Balana -- Environmental flow requirements in the Volta Basin / Marloes L. Mul and Yongxuan Gao -- Water quality and public health / Chris Gordon, Adelina Mensah, Josiane Nikiema and Pay Drechsel -- Sustainable agricultural intensification in the Volta River Basin / Timothy O. Williams, Jennie Barron and Olufunke Cofie -- Simulating current and future Volta Basin water development scenarios / Aditya Sood, Ousmane Seidou, Gerald Forkuor, Frank O. Annor and Matthew McCartney
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enthält 16 Beiträge
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