Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa : Perspectives and Solutions Tow...

by Peter Scheren

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Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa : Perspectives and Solutions Towards an Imminent Water Crisis, Hardcover by Diop, Salif (EDT); Scheren, Peter (EDT); Niang, Awa (EDT), ISBN 3030612244, ISBN-13 9783030612245, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The focus of this book is on the key water-related vulnerabilities to climate change in Africa, particularly in its most vulnerable areas, exploring potential management responses to such vulnerabilities. The African countries are particularly exposed and vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, with important impacts on water resources and hydrological systems, water availability, water resource management and sea level variations. Already, under various anthropogenic pressures, the status of water resources in Africa has been changing over the past decades, with decreasing water quality, falling groundwater levels, and variability in rainfall, both in terms of timing and intensity. Climate change will further accelerate the rate of change, affecting the ability of people and societies to respond in a timely manner. It is clear that there is no quick fix to the pressures imposed on water resources by climate change. Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities to extreme events such as flooding and drought, and integrating climate change risks and opportunities into development decision-making is indeed a key challenge, as much a technical climate-change one, as a political and developmental chall

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2021
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783030612245
• Condition: Fine

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