Hydrology and best practices for managing water resources in arid and semi-arid lands / Christopher Misati Ondiekiand, Kenyatta Universiity, Johnson U. Kitheka, South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Hershey, PA : Engineering Science Reference, [2018]
  • ©2018
Description
xxvii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm

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    • Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series [More in this series]
    • Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series, 2326-9162 [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "This book addresses the hydrological processes of ASALs, climate change and variability, land use changes, floods and droughts, agriculture, integrated water resource management and sustainable development in the ASAL areas of the world. It addresses different aspects of Hydrology, climate variability, and water resources management and application of GIS and Remote sensing in ASAL areas"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Hydrological Processes and Water Allocation and Abstractions
    • ch. 1 Perspectives of the Hydrology of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya / Christopher Misati Ondieki
    • ch. 2 Streamflow and Salt Flux in the Semi-Arid Tiva River Basin in Eastern Kenya / Johnson U. Kitheka
    • ch. 3 Water Allocation Assessment and Hydrological Simulation on Mukurumudzi River Basin in Kenya / John P.O. Obiero
    • ch. 4 Effects of Irrigation Management Practices on Water Allocation Among Farmers in Kiladeda Sub-Catchment, Tanzania / Shadrack Murimi
    • ch. 5 Probabilistic Studies of Hydrologic Drought Events in Juba River in Somalia / Anne Njeri Njoroge
    • Section 2 Hydrological Data Systems and Land Use Change Dynamics and Impacts
    • ch. 6 Infrastructures for Data in the Context of Flow Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Network Model for Okavango River in Namibia / Gerald (Augusto) Corzo Perez
    • ch. 7 A Spatial Database of Hydrological and Water Resources Information for the Nyangores Watershed of Kenya / Josef Furst
    • ch. 8 Multi-Temporal Landsat Remote Sensing for Forest Landscape Fragmentation Analysis in the Yoko Forest, Kisangani, DRC / Hyppolite Nshimba Seya
    • Section 3 Water Resources, Management, and Policy
    • ch. 9 Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands / Samwel N. Marigi
    • ch. 10 Kenya Success Story in Water Resources Management: Participatory Capacity Building in Integrated Watershed Management / Gerd Forch
    • ch. 11 Towards Integrated Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Provision and Financing of Agricultural Groundwater in African Drylands / Paa Kofi Osei-Owusu.
    ISBN
    • 9781522527190 ((hardcover))
    • 1522527192 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017009489
    OCLC
    985077624
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