The Zambezi River Basin : water and sustainable development / edited by Jonathan Lautze, Zebediah Phiri, Vladimir Smakhtin and Davidson Saruchera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lautze, Jonathan.

Series:

Earthscan series on major river basins of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Zambezi River Watershed.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Zambezi River Watershed--Management.

Water-supply.

Sustainable development--Zambezi River Watershed.

Sustainable development.

Water-supply--Management.

Management.

Zambezi River Watershed.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The river basin is widely recognised as one of the most important basins in. southern Africa and is the focus of contested development, including water for hydropower and for agriculture and the environment. This book provides a thorough review of water and sustainable development in the Zambezi, in order to identify critical issues and propose constructive ways forward. The book first reviews the availability and use of water resources in the basin, outlines the basin's economic potential and highlights key concerns related to climate vulnerability and risk. Focus if then devoted to hydropower and the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, sustainable agricultural water management, and threats and opportunities related to provision of ecosystem services. The impact of urbanisation and water quality is also examined, as well as ways to enhance transboundary water cooperation. Last, the book assesses the level of water security in the basin, and provides suggestions for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. Throughout, emphasis is placed on entry points for basin-level management to foster improved paths forward. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Zebediah Phiri, Jonathan Lautze, Vladimir Smakhtin and Davison Saruchera

Availability and use of water resources / Xueliang Cai, Yvan Altchenko and Geoffrey Chavula

The economic potential of the basin / Aumory Tilmant and Regassa Namara

Climate change vulnerability and risk / Richard D. Beilfuss and Charles Nhemachena

Hydropower and the water-energy-food nexus / Amaury Tilmant

Towards sustainable agricultural water management / Emmanuel Manzungu, Aidan Senzanje and Justin Mutiro

Ecosystem services : opportunities and threats / Matthew McCartney and Imasiku A. Nyambe

Urbanization, water quality and water reuse / Munir A. Hanjra, Pay Drechsel and Hillary M. Masundire

Transboundary water cooperation : taking stock and looking forward / Davison Saruchera, Jonathan Lautze, Juliet Mwale, Claudious Chikozho and Osborne N. Shela

The potential for subbasin cooperation in the shire : a case for bottom-up institutional development? / Charlotte de Bruyne, Jonathan Lautze and Jusipbek Kazbekov

Water security / Davison Saruchera, Jonathan Lautze, Luxon Nhamo and Bunyod Holmatov

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 in the Zambezi River Basin / Lisa Guppy, Manzoor Qadir and Jonathan Lautze.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138240902

1138240907

OCLC:

973199819