Title: Present and potential future vulnerability of eastern and southern Africa's hydrology and water resources : START Regional Syntheses
Abstract: Eastern and southern Africa is a region beset with often unique
climatic and developmental problems as well as with a high agricultural
water usage. This paper presents a synthesis of water as a
vulnerable and variable natural resource in space and time under
present climatic conditions by assessing various rainfall, evaporation
and runoff indices in the region. Further uncertainties regarding
this already high-risk natural environment are compounded by
superimposing elements of potential climate change for a year
2050 scenario over the region. To the hazards of present and potential
future climates the human dimension is added by assessing
water demand as well as water availability for present and assumed
future conditions. The paper concludes by highlighting the need for
more detailed secondary and higher-order impact studies of
climate change on water resources.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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