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Handbook of research on resource management and the struggle for water sustainability in Africa / edited by Innocent Nojiyeza, Oliver Mtapuri, Prosper Bazaanah, Edzisani Netshiozwi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Africa--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water resources development--Africa.
- Water resources development.
- Sustainable development--Africa.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 28 PDFs (437 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, PA : IGI Global, [2022]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa presents practical examples of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation in African countries. It further addresses the contemporary issues of alternative energy as part of climate change mitigation and utilizes case studies to examine how communities adapt to climate change. Covering topics such as climate justice, ecological governance, and political ecology, this major reference work is a dynamic resource for government officials, sociologists, climate scientists, activists, students and educators of higher education, academicians, and researchers in the fields of social sciences, government, developmental studies, international relations, and political science.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Ecological governance and the sustainability of rural household water conservation systems in the Savannah region of Ghana
- Chapter 2. Examining the role of NGOs in community water and sanitation
- improvement: a case of the Tunayilli community in the Northern Region, Ghana
- Chapter 3. Mending Malawi's water institutions and IWRM solutions
- Chapter 4. Integrated water resource management, sustainability, and pollution abatement in Malawi: an ecological economics perspective
- Chapter 5. Water demand management and household level metering in low-income areas of urban Africa
- Chapter 6. Water scarcity and household food security: a case of Ulundi local municipality in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Chapter 7. Equitable access to water at Alfred Duma local municipality
- Chapter 8. Assessment of the realization of the fundamental human right to water at the Umalalazi local municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
- Chapter 9. Durban community's experiences of class-based urinary diversion toilets
- Chapter 10. The political ecology of the decentralized water management in Zimbabwe: theory and empirical evidence from Sanyati catchment area
- Chapter 11. An analysis of sector-based water supply and demand: mapping the possible water development and management ways for Sanyati catchment, Zimbabwe
- Chapter 12. Addressing energy poverty through ecological governance of solar home systems in South Africa
- Chapter 13. The scope and potential for mini-grid power systems based on biomass waste for remote areas in sub-Saharan Africa: off grid
- Chapter 14. Climate justice in durban: state contradictions and grass-roots action
- Chapter 15. Unpacking the resource curse and realism challenges on economic development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): case of Gecamines
- Chapter 16. Contribution of mining operations towards education, healthcare, food security, housing, sports, and recreation in Katanga Province of the DRC
- Chapter 17. Mining and water supply in marginalised communities: the case of anglo-platinum mogalakwena and Ga-Molekane village, Limpopo Province, South Africa
- Chapter 18. The water-waste nexus: sustainability implications for integrated water resources and waste management in Harare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 1-7998-8811-8
- OCLC:
- 1291724591
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