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Assessment of Climate Change and Its Impact on Water Resources: Case of Tafna Basin–North West of Algeria
(2018)Water resources could become scarcer in future decades worldwide. This will significantly affect semi-arid to arid climatic regions. The rapid evolution population, industrial development, and the expansion of agriculture ... -
Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources of the Atankwidi Basin in Ghana, West Africa
(2018)The Atankwidi basin is a sub-basin of the Volta River basin, which is located in West Africa. It is a transboundary basin shared by Ghana and Burkina Faso and has a drainage area of about 286 km2. The basin dwellers depend ... -
An Evaluation of Impacts and Sustainability of Humanitarian Organization’s Water Projects in Juba, South Sudan
(2018)The civil war in South Sudan has affected the water supply infrastructure either completely destroying the water system or overstretching the system due to influx of the internally displaced persons. Many people are forced ... -
Use of GIS and WQI to Assess Groundwater Quality in Naãma, Algeria
(2018)Groundwater is an important water resource in the world. The region of Naãma is the chief town of the Naãma wilaya which is situated in southeast of Tlemcen, Algeria. It is highly dependent on groundwater resources. In ... -
Evaluating Water Security in a Challenging Environment: Case Study of Oti Nord Sub Basin in Togo
(2018)Water shortage across the globe has increased due to climate change among other factors with highly projected impacts expected at river basin level. Anticipating these impacts will help act on time to avoid future water ... -
Evaluating the effect of Devolution on Performance of Water Service Provision in Kenya
(2018)In 2010, Kenya passed a new Constitution that among other provisions, saw the introduction of a decentralization strategy. The decentralization process, which took effect in 2013 created two levels of government: the ... -
Implementation of Hydrological and Hydraulic Models to Forecast River Flood Risks and Proposition of Management Measures. Case Study of Nyabugogo River Basin in Rwanda
(2018)Nyabugogo River within Nyabugogo catchment in Rwanda is being flooded at every year resulting in human losses and economic losses. For sustainable flood management; flood risk assessment is a useful component as it ... -
Study of the Feasibility of Water Reuse for Agriculture as an Adaptation Measure to Climate Change: A Case Study of Ain Temouchent, Algeria
(2018)The scarcity of conventional water resources represents for Algeria, because of its Mediterranean climate arid to semi-arid, a major concern. The global water potential of Algeria does not exceed 13.2 billion m3 of water, ... -
Scanning Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of the Largest African River Basins
(2018)The objectives were to ensemble and analyze the projected signals of climate change recently published in peer reviewed outlets with respect to five African river basins, viz. Nile, Senegal & Volta, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi ... -
Optimizing the Benefits of Water Cooperation on Transboundary Rivers: A Case of Blue Nile River
(2018)Transboundary water cooperation leads to the sustainable water resources development, peaceful management and efficient use of freshwater resources. However, the management of Transboundary River is complex by the fact ... -
Barriers to and Determinants of the Choice of Crop Management Strategies to Combat Climate Change in Dejen District, Nile Basin of Ethiopia
(2018)Climate change without adaptation is projected to impact strongly the livelihoods of the rural communities. Adaptation to climate change is crucial for developing country like Ethiopia due to high population and dependency ... -
Technology is Culture: Building a Transdisciplinary Team to Address Community Energy and Urban Revitalization Challenges
(2018)Traditional development models assume that countries of the Global South will undergo an economic trajectory roughly equivalent to that of the Global North. The reality of climate change caused by the burning of fossil ... -
Experimental evaluation of thermal performance of selected oils in Uganda for indirect solar domestic cooking applications
(2018)This study experimentally evaluated the thermal performance of selected oils in Uganda for indirect solar domestic cooking applications. The oil samples used were refined sunflower oil, refined palm oil and thermia B; these ... -
Study of the Assignment Scheme of Water Resources in the Tafna Watershed
(2018)The problem of water is likely to arise sharply for Algeria and especially its western region in a more or less near future. However, the Tafna basin from which are drawn the main conventional and unconventional water ... -
Drought Forecasting Under Climate Change Scenarios Using Artificial Neural Networks for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Upper Tana River Basin, Kenya
(2018)Climate change has continued to impact negatively on water resources globally. For instance, extreme weather conditions especially the drought phenomena have become frequent in Africa. This has prompted water engineers and ... -
Energy Efficiency in West Africa Economies: Implication for Sustainable Energy use
(2018)In recent years, energy efficiency figures prominently in energy policies of African countries. This study analyzes the total‐factor energy efficiency in West Africa economies over the period 1990‐2013 using DEA model. The ... -
Climate and Land-cover Change in Dryland-Catchments, and their Effect on Spate-hydrology of Farming Community in Semi-arid Lowlands of Raya-Valley, Northern Ethiopia
(2018)Spate-irrigation, a system foreseen as a potential means of improving agricultural production in rainfall deficit lowlands, is profoundly threatened by climate and land-cover change upstream. Yet, the actual implications ... -
Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping in the Karstic System of Ghar Boumaza, Using the C.O.P. Method
(2018)After an extensive literature review on the methods of vulnerability mapping, analysis of the European project COST action 620, a geological and hydrological study of Merchich watershed, we saw the possibility of the ... -
eTrash2Cash
(2018)eTrash2Cash is a social enterprise that helps low income people in Nigeria exchange all their wastes for cash incentives, through that, it raises grassroot awareness on environmental sustainability and climate change. All ... -
SolarSack
(2018)SolarSack is a water container that uses the sun to kill bacteria and virus in water, making it safe to drink. SolarSack combines a clever design, with the right material, resulting in a retail price of only 2€. With a ...