The Zambezi River Basin: Water and Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9780367736040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str.

Jonathan Lautze; Zebediah Phiri; Vladimir Smakhtin

Opis

 This book assesses Zambezi basin issues from an impartial perspective, in order to identify real issues and propose real options for solutions.

Spis treści

1.Introduction  2. Availability and Use of Water Resources  3.The Economic Potential of the Basin  4.Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk  5.Hydropower and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus  6.Towards Sustainable Agricultural Water Management  7.Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Threats  8.Urbanization, Water Quality and Water Reuse 8.Transboundary Water Cooperation: Taking Stock and Looking Forward  9.The Potential for Subbasin Cooperation in the Shire: A Case for Bottom-Up Institutional Development?  10. Water Security  11.Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 in the Zambezi River Basin

O autorze

Jonathan Lautze is Senior Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Pretoria, South Africa. 

Zebediah Phiri is Executive Secretary of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission, based in Harare, Zimbabwe. 

Vladimir Smakhtin is Director of the United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Davison Saruchera is a PhD candidate at the Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.