PAUWES Master Thesis Series: Recent submissions
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NIGER RIVER BASIN: CASE STUDY OF MEKROU RIVER SUB-BASIN (BENIN)
(PAUWES, 2021-11-29)ABSTRACT Literally, West Africa has experienced climate change and variability in terms of frequency, intensity, and persistence of extreme changes, such as floods and droughts as well. The occurrence of rainfall deficits ... -
Policy Framework for the Promotion of Digital Technology in Mini-grid Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The case of Blockchain Technology
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The seventh United Nations Development Goals consists in ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. However, currently, only 44% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa has access to ... -
Modelling an Artificial Intelligence-based Energy Management for House/Mini-grid in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)It is no longer a news up to 600 million people living in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) do not have access to electricity and 80% of them are located in the rural areas of the continent. The need for energy conservation ... -
Flood Reduction through Flood Risk and Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping in Hadejia River Basin, Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Floods are one of the most recurrent and devastating natural disasters that has enormous, widespread and ravaging negative impacts on lives, economy and infrastructures across the globe. Hadejia River Basin is known by its ... -
Valuation of CO2 Emissions Reduction from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects in Africa: A Case Study of Burkina Faso
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Africa contributes to about 2% of global energy related carbon emissions but remains the most vulnerable region to the impacts of the global rising temperatures caused by them. 52 African countries including Burkina Faso ... -
Simulation of impacts of land-use and land cover changes on water balance in Oued Fez basin (Morocco)
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Land-use and land cover changes have great impacts on both the hydrology and water balance in a watershed and therefore evaluation of these impacts can greatly help in efficient water resources management. The Oued Fez ... -
Water resources modeling in a context of climate change in Cote d'Ivoire
(PAUWES, 2020-12)During the period 1961-2000, Côte d’Ivoire, has been challenged by irregular rainfall distribution leading to frequent extreme events (drought and floods), resulting in agriculture losses. This study is sought to analyze ... -
Water Management in Transboundary Rivers: Allocation and Governace, The case of Medjerda River Basin
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Decisions related to water resources management are shaped by a range of considerations from traditional economic factors and physical constraints to political considerations such as the need to manage political support ... -
An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Challenges for the Provision Of WASH Services during Emergency Situations: A Case Study Of The Gado-Badzere Refugee Camp - East Cameroon
(PAUWES, 2021-12)Emergency situations can occur as a result of slow or rapid onsets. During such circumstances the affected populations become refugees or Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who often require fundamental and immediate needs ... -
Energy democracy and Germany’s transition to renewable energy: What can Zimbabwe learn to end its electricity power woes?
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The research was conducted in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Power Company in Harare and Bulawayo. The major objective of the research was to contribute to resolve the electricity energy crises in Zimbabwe. Another objective ... -
Modeling, Simulation and Sizing of a Microgrid in the University Campus
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The current power grid is one of the most complex engineering systems in the world. Electricity generation in the traditional power grid is very centralized, where energy is delivered unidirectionally from power plants to ... -
Assessing the Potential of Artificial Groundwater Recharge: Case Study of Palla Road Wellfields, Botswana
(PAUWES, 2020-12)A feasibility study on the assessment of managed aquifer recharge in the Palla Road wellfields which are situated in the Bonwapitse and Serorome Catchment area, Botswana was conducted. Botswana is categorized with a semi-arid ... -
Simulating the Impacts of Climate Change on Water and Crop Productivity in Ogun-Osun River Basin, Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)African countries such as Nigeria are anticipated to be more susceptible to the impacts of climate change due to the large dependence on rainfed agriculture. Also, there are several uncertainties in the responses of rainfed ... -
Construction and Experimental Investigation of a Solar Dryer with Integrated Thermal Storage based on Sorption Material
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Burkina Faso, the world leader in organic dried mango production, and which provides 25% of the total supply of dried mango to Europe (Jovanovic, 2018 as cited in Mulder et al., 2019), depends totally on gas fire dryers ... -
Design, simulation, prototyping and IoT-Based testing of an innovative tropical greenhouse with an energy efficient cooling system powered by a standalone Hybrid HAWT-Solar PV energy system: Case study of DR Congo-Kinshasa /Plateau de Bateké weather conditions (savannah tropical climate).
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Greenhouse is an agricultural structure that creates an optimal growth environment (microclimate) for the crops (especially vegetables and fruits). This work is geared towards identifying the current challenges that exist ... -
Socio-economic and Climate Change Effects on Fishing Yields and Farming in the Mono River Basin : Case Study of Toho Lake
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Fisheries and aquaculture play an important role in western African sub-region countries. Even if its contribution to GDP is not so important compare to agriculture, decrease in productivity affect communities living along ... -
Technolo-economic Analysis of Hybrid Energy Systems for Rural Electrification in Liberia
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Rural Electrification in West Africa has remained a challenge for the growth and development of the region. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has set a target of 2030 to achieve approximately 100% ... -
Management of a Water Distribution Network by Coupling GIS and HydraulcModeling: A case of Ghazaouet, Algeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The rapid population growth, increase in unaccounted for water along with climate change serve as a major problem in both rural and urban water supply. For arid regions, this problem may be aggravated by inadequate ... -
Assessing the impact of research in the water sector for the implementation of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024)
(PAUWESPAUWES, 2020-12)For the realisation of the Science Technology and Innovation goals across water sector in Africa, the need for frequent assessment of existing scientific research in water programmes under the auspices of the African ... -
An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Challenges for the Provision of WASH Services during Emergency Situations: A Case Study Of The Gado-Badzere Refugee Camp- East Cameroon
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Emergency situations can occur as a result of slow or rapid onsets. During such circumstances the affected populations become refugees or Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who often require fundamental and immediate ...