The Volta River Basin : water for food, economic growth and environment / edited by Timothy O. Williams, Marloes Mul, Charles Biney and Vladimir Smakhtin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Timothy O., editor.

Series:

Earthscan series on major river basins of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Ghana--Volta River Watershed.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Ghana--Volta River Watershed.

Water-supply.

Volta River Watershed (Ghana)--Economic conditions.

Volta River Watershed (Ghana).

Volta River Watershed (Ghana)--Environmental condition.

Ghana--Volta River Watershed.

Physical Description:

xx, 281 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth. Book jacket.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138900240

1138900249

OCLC:

947104912