Description |
1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) |
Series |
Earthscan series on major river basins of the world |
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Earthscan series on major river basins of the world.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on authors; Chapter photos; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Part Introduction; 1 Introduction; Part II Basin resources: trends, drivers and status; 2 Socioeconomic trends and drivers of change; 3 Surface water resources of the Volta Basin; 4 Groundwater resources of the Volta Basin; 5 Climate variability and change over the Volta River Basin; 6 Managing floods and droughts; Part III People, Policies and institutions; 7 Poverty, vulnerability and livelihoods in the Volta Basin: a gendered analysis |
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8 Water governance in the Volta BasinPart IV Challenges and opportunities in the use of water resources; 9 Improving agriculture and food security in the Volta Basin; 10 Urban and industrial development; 11 Water-food-energy nexus and hydropower development; Part V Balancing development and nature; 12 Ecosystem services in the Volta Basin; 13 Environmental flow requirements in the Volta Basin; 14 Water quality and public health; 15 Sustainable agricultural intensification in the Volta River Basin; Part VI Governance and livelihoods |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Water resources development -- Ghana -- Volta River Watershed
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Water-supply -- Ghana -- Volta River Watershed
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Ecology
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Economic history
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Water resources development
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Water-supply
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SUBJECT |
Volta River Watershed (Ghana) -- Economic conditions
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Volta River Watershed (Ghana) -- Environmental condition
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Subject |
Ghana -- Volta River Watershed
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Williams, Timothy O., editor
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Mul, Marloes, 1978- editor.
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Biney, Charles A., editor
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Smakhtin, Vladimir, editor
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ISBN |
1317479548 |
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9781317479543 |
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9781138900271 |
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1138900273 |
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9781317479536 |
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131747953X |
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9781317479529 |
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1317479521 |
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9781315707334 |
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1315707330 |
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