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Downstream and Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa

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dc.creator Snoussi, Maria
dc.creator Kitheka, Johnson
dc.creator Shaghude, Yohanna W.
dc.creator Kane, Alioune
dc.creator Arthurton, Russell
dc.creator Tissier, Martin
dc.creator Virji, Hassan
dc.date 2016-02-19T07:06:21Z
dc.date 2016-02-19T07:06:21Z
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:47Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:47Z
dc.identifier Kitheka, J.U., Snoussi, M., Shaghude, Y., Kane, A., Arthurton, R., Le Tissier, M. and Virji, H., 2007. Downstream and coastal impacts of damming and water Abstraction in Africa.
dc.identifier DOI 10.1007/s00267-004-0369-2
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/448
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10174
dc.description Abstract Anthropogenic factors associated with damming and water abstraction, and the resultant environmental pressures, are reviewed in six African river catchments using records and forecasts of climatic, demographic, and land-use change. Changes in the states of the flow regime through catchment drainage systems to the coastal sea are considered in conjunction with climate change and other humaninduced pressures. The impacts of these changes on downstream and coastal environments and their communities are described in past, present, and future perspectives. Linkages between the issues and the pressures of damming and water abstraction are appraised and scientific, policy, and management responses proposed aimed at remedying existing and perceived future negative impacts. The study proposes that there is a need to integrate catchment and coastal management to account for the whole water flow regime together with its human dimensions. Management priorities relating to the operation of existing damming and abstraction schemes and planning of future schemes include the following: consideration of ways in which water discharges could be adjusted to provide improvements in downstream and coastal environmental and socioeconomic conditions; addressing the problem of sediment trapping impacting on the sustainability of dam reservoirs; and assessment of downstream and coastal impacts of future schemes in the light of climate change forecasts.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Science
dc.subject Water abstraction
dc.subject Africa
dc.subject Catchment
dc.subject Coastal management
dc.subject Coastal impact of daming
dc.title Downstream and Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa
dc.type Journal Article


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