Water Resources of Arid Areas: Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa, Gaborone, Botswana, 3-6 August 2004

by D. Stephenson (Editor), E.M. Shemang (Editor), T.R. Chaoka (Editor)

Overview

With Africa's water resources constantly threatened by an increasing population and the resultant rise in water demand, together with the stresses of water use for various activities, desertification, climate change, and other interventions in the water cycle by man, it is vital that the water resources in arid and semi-arid regions are developed a

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ISBN-13:	9781134242238
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/15/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
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Pages:	588
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About the Author

D Stephenson, E.M. Shemang, T.R. Chaoka

Table of Contents

Preface xii
Keynote address
Sustainable water management in arid and semi-arid environments
W.Kinzelbach, P.Bauer, P.Brunner & T.Siegfried

Theme A: Problems in obtaining hydrological and geo-hydrological data

Theme B: Groundwater recharge: natural and artificial

Theme C: Socio-economic aspects

Theme D: Application of geophysical, GIS, and remote sensing
techniques

Theme E: Climate change and its impact

Theme F: Vulnerability and risk

Theme G: Water resources management

Author index