Download or read book The Governance institutions Nexus in Water Management for Climate Change Adaptation in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe written by Liboster Mwadzingeni and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa written by Nojiyeza, Innocent Simphiwe and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to water and sanitation remains a critical challenge in various countries in Africa. The crisis remains the crisis of governance rather than the physical and economic scarcity. In most countries, water is realized as a human right and subsidies are provided for the indigent households. The tricky issue in rural areas remains an issue of access that is often linked to willingness and ability to pay for the installation and daily consumption. The Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa presents practical examples of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation in African countries. It further addresses the contemporary issues of alternative energy as part of climate change mitigation and utilizes case studies to examine how communities adapt to climate change. Covering topics such as climate justice, ecological governance, and political ecology, this major reference work is a dynamic resource for government officials, sociologists, climate scientists, activists, students and educators of higher education, academicians, and researchers in the fields of social sciences, government, developmental studies, international relations, and political science.
Download or read book Integrated water solutions for climate change adaptation in West Africa written by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advances in water research written by Nhamo, L. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water scarcity has become one of the greatest challenges facing humankind today. Its scarcity is compounded by climate change and increasing demand from a growing population. In South Africa, over 60% of the available freshwater resources are used in agriculture, mainly in irrigated agriculture. There is an urgent need to promote sustainable irrigation technologies that optimize food production without increasing water applied and with positive environmental spinoffs. Sustainable irrigation technologies and practices could enhance water use efficiency (WUE) and productivity in agriculture and reduce environmental burdens, including energy use. This chapter highlights some of the innovative irrigation practices and technologies that enhance food production and, at the same time, reduce water use in agriculture. The chapter broadly discusses WUE and water productivity (WP) in irrigated agriculture from engineering and agronomic perspectives. The chapter further highlights some of the environmental impacts of irrigation expansion and the possible solutions. We further provide the importance of accurate spatial information on irrigated areas to inform policy on irrigation expansion. The Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa has been spearheading research on the sustainable use of water for the past 50 years as part of its research agenda. In Ting, D. S.-K.; O’Brien, P. G. (Eds.). Progress in sustainable development: sustainable engineering practices. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier
Download or read book Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress written by Collin C. Mabiza and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce, and parts of the basin, such as Zimbabwe's Mzingwane catchment, are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin i
Download or read book Irrigation Water Management and Development in the Zambezi Valley written by Pinimidzai Sithole and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Linking Precaution to Adaptive Co Management to Adapt Rural Water Resources to Climate Change in Ghana written by Kenneth Mensah (O.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is a topical issue in water management in Africa, because of the complex challenges it confronts institutional actors with in order to respond to these threats. The research undertook an institutional analysis to understand capacities for collaboration, adaptation and precaution in development of water supply systems. Four coastal villages in Ghana were selected as case studies to assess the capacities of institutions to respond and how these deal with existing and future climate change induced sea level rise conditions. The findings show local perceptions are consistent with available evidence of current water salinization vulnerabilities in the area due to rapid coastal erosion and inundation. However, sea level rise will exacerbate the existing problems by causing more frequent storm surges and extension of tidal regimes further inland. It is concluded that: (i) There is a commitment to adaptation but no clear intent of precaution. Local and district institutions adopt incremental (traditional) responses because they lack the requisite capacities to adapt to the scale and complexity involved. Non-traditional externally initiated (International and national institutions) large scale projects have potentials to ameliorate future impacts. However, they are mainly adaptive by intent with precaution only implicit by default of the scale of these developments. (ii) The governance structure presents perplexing constraints and opportunities for institutional collaboration for adaptation action. It is top down, characterized by weak internal capacities, asymmetrical power distribution and poorly coordinated. This undermines collaboration and facilitation of adaptive capacities. Conversely, it shows some robustness and redundancy being multi-layered where collaboration, especially with foreign agencies, provides opportunities for large scale interventions. (iii) Long term adaptation would require certain socio-ecological restructuring, along with a comprehensive and practical climate change adaptation strategy at all scales, where the precautionary principle is integral.
Download or read book An Analysis of Water Management Performance in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Zimbabwe written by Johannes Mukwazhe Makadho and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water for Agriculture in Zimbabwe written by Emmanuel Manzungu and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Participation in Water Governance and Management written by Kate A. Berry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Impact of Legislation on Community Based Management of Water for Informal Irrigation in Southern Africa written by Krasposy Kujinga and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decentralized Governance of Adaption to Climate Change in Africa written by Esbern Friis-Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing the Water Energy Food Ecosystems Nexus and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals written by Cesar Carmona-Moreno and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book’s primary intention is to serve as a roadmap for professionals working in developing countries interested in the Nexus Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) approach. The book shows a multi-disciplinary approach, showcasing the importance of the proper use of Nexus WEFE when implementing certain development programs in regions around the globe. It can be presented as a manual for an individual that either wishes to implement intervention projects following the NEXUS approach or students interested in cooperation and development. The book begins with a general explanation of the theoretical concepts and implementation processes of Nexus WEFE and continues getting into case studies, explaining the importance of proper implementation and potential drawbacks and solutions to them. This book has a particular focus on the European Union cooperation policies when implementing such an approach in developing countries.
Download or read book Adapting agricultural water governance to climate change written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Participation and Institutional Reform in the Water Sector in Zimbabwe written by Oniward Svubure and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participation which has become a famous orthodoxy in recent years among development agencies is the subject of this research on stakeholders in the water sector in Zimbabwe. Focus is on the participation of rural community members in smallholder formal and informal irrigation activities in their locale, and their representation in the sub-catchment and catchment levels respectively. A framework of analysis was constructed using evidence from the study to help us understand what shapes the participation of community members in irrigation WUAs in a selected small catchment of the larger Mzingwane catchment in southwest Zimbabwe. The study recommends the adoption of the micro-catchment level as the lowest tier for integrated water management, a union for smallholder irrigation WUAs and the provision of technology to leverage the participation of more community members in productive water use. Besides, to improve the framework analytical power, its review to include the role of politics and the wider notion of representational democracy is also recommended.
Download or read book Climate Change 2022 Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability written by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 3070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The report recognizes the interactions of climate, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies, and integrates across the natural, ecological, social and economic sciences. It emphasizes how efforts in adaptation and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions can come together in a process called climate resilient development, which enables a liveable future for biodiversity and humankind. The IPCC is the leading body for assessing climate change science. IPCC reports are produced in comprehensive, objective and transparent ways, ensuring they reflect the full range of views in the scientific literature. Novel elements include focused topical assessments, and an atlas presenting observed climate change impacts and future risks from global to regional scales. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Download or read book Limits to Climate Change Adaptation written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on the limits of adaptation to anthropogenic climate change. The respective chapters demonstrate the variety of and interconnections between factors that together constitute the constraints on adaptation. The book pays special attention to evidence that illustrates how and where such limits have become apparent or are in the process of establishing themselves, and which indicates future trends and contexts that might prove helpful in understanding adaptation limits. In particular, the book provides an overview of the most important challenges and opportunities regarding adaptation limits at different temporal, jurisdictional, and spatial scales, while also highlighting case studies, projects and best practices that show how they may be addressed. The book presents innovative multi-disciplinary research and gathers evidence from various countries, sectors and regions, the goal being to advance our understanding of the limits to adaptation and ways to overcome or modify them.
