North Africa: Water Scarcitydoi:10.1111/j.1467-6346.2023.11119.xNORTH AfricaWATER shortagesThe report, titled I The Economics of Water Scarcity in MENA: Institutional Solutions i , notes that by the end of this decade, the amount of water available per capita annually will fall below the ...
WaterAfricaCOVID-19In the light of the current situation regarding the COVID-19 disease, a discussion is attempted on the need for focusing on water scarcity in Africa and the important considerations to conserving water to fight against SARS-CoV-2 virus....
Water scarcityarises in situations where there is insufficient water to simultaneously support both human and ecosystem water needs (White, 2014). Most often this arises as a result of a basic lack of water (i.e., physical water scarcity), but it may also result from a lack of suitable in...
AFRICA'S RECORD OF REGIONAL CO-OPERATION AND INTEGRATION This article deals with successive African attempts to achieve regional economic integration since African countries began achieving independence in the 1960s. The economic imperatives of integration in Africa notwithstanding, the articl... PS ...
national hydrological model to quantify sub-basin-level river depletion, finding high-to-severe levels of irrigation scarcity in 30% of sub-basins in the western United States, with cattle-feed crops—alfalfa and other hay—being the largest water consumers in 57% of the region’s sub-basins....
Kakonge JO (2002) Water scarcity and related environmental problems in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: the role of the transboundary environmental impact assessment convention. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20: 49-59. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3152/147154602781766861....
Water, energy and food security in southern Africa are interdependent and exposed to the climate. This Review considers the extent to which spatial and sectoral interdependencies can be, and are being, considered. In southern Africa, the connections betw
Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa 2022, Science of the Total Environment Show abstract Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands 2022, Science Global warming of 1.5°C: An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-in...
The water sector in South Africa is faced with numerous challenges, among which include; increased flooding and prolonged droughts caused by increased clim
Water scarcity, a critical environmental issue worldwide, has primarily been driven by a significant increase in water extractions during the last century. In the coming decades, climate and societal changes are projected to further exacerbate water scarcity in many regions worldwide. Today, a major...