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Title Combating water scarcity in Southern Africa : case studies from Namibia / Josephine Phillip Msangi, editor
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 130 pages) : illustrations
Series SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, 2191-5547
SpringerBriefs in environmental science, 2191-5547
Contents General Introduction / J.P. Msangi -- Managing Water Scarcity in Southern Africa: Policy and Strategies / J.P. Msangi -- Trends and Impacts of Pollution in the Calueque-Oshakati Canal in North-Central Namibia on Water Treatment / M.K. Shuuya and Z. Hoko -- Monitoring the Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Water Quality: Von Bach Dam, Namibia / J.J. Sirunda and J.P. Msangi -- The Effects of Water Transfer from Swakoppoort and Omatako Dams on the Water Quality of Von Bach Dam, Namibia / J.J. Sirunda and D. Mazvimavi -- Conclusions and Recommendations / J.P. Msangi
Summary This book offers a close examination of water scarcity as a developmental challenge facing member nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the interventions that have been implemented to combat the situation and the challenges still outstanding. The first chapter paints the backdrop of the water scarcity problem, reviewing historical approaches from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) to the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012), and recapping principles and agreements reached during and after these conferences. Chapter two examines the Southern Africa region's efforts to combat water scarcity including principles, policies and strategies and the responsibility of each member to implement them. Written by the editor, J.P. Msangi, the chapter describes Namibia's efforts to ensure management of scarce water. Beyond enacting management and pollution control regulations and raising public awareness, Namibia encourages research to ensure attainment of the requirements of both the SADC Protocol and its own water scarcity management laws. The next three chapters offer Namibia-based case studies on impacts of pollution on water treatment; on the effects of anthropogenic activities on water quality and on the effects of water transfers from dams upstream of Von Bach dam. The final chapter provides detailed summaries of the issues discussed in the book, highlighting conclusions and offering recommendations. Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa synthesizes issues pertinent to the SADC countries as well as to other regions, and offers research that up to now has not been conducted in Namibia
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 20, 2013)
Subject Water-supply -- Namibia -- Management -- Case studies
Water resources development -- Namibia -- Case studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Water resources development
Water-supply -- Management
Namibia
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Msangi, Josephine Phillip, editor
ISBN 9789400770973
9400770979