Lake Victoria Kenya And Its Environs
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Lake Victoria Kenya And Its Environs
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Author : Oyugi Aseto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Lake Victoria Kenya And Its Environs written by Oyugi Aseto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Fisheries categories.
Lake Victoria
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Author : Joseph L. Awange
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-08-18
Lake Victoria written by Joseph L. Awange and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-18 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book constitutes a pioneering and unique work on Lake Victoria. It is the world’s second largest fresh-water lake and supports the livelihood of more than 30 million people. Surprisingly, there has been no comprehensive book addressing its problems and potentials. Ecology, environmental pollution and resource management are some of the issues addressed by this comprehensive insight into the limitations, challenges and opportunities facing Lake Victoria.
Africa S Lakes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Release Date : 2006
Africa S Lakes written by and has been published by UNEP/Earthprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Nature categories.
Prepared as part of UNEP's contribution to the 11th World Lakes Conference (held in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2005), this publication examines the environmental changes taking place to Africa's lakes by analysing ground photographs, current and historical satellite images and scientific evidence. Changes highlighted include the rapid shrinking of Lake Songor in Ghana, partly as a result of intensive salt production, and the extraordinary changes in the Zambezi river system as a result of the building of the Cabora Basa dam site. Other impacts, some natural and some human-made and which can only be truly appreciated from space, include the extensive deforestation around Lake Nakuru in Kenya, and the falling water levels of Lake Victoria which is now about a metre lower than it was in the early 1990s. The analysis recognises the importance of Africa's lakes as a source of livelihoods for many local communities, their contribution to the socio-economic development of the continent and the need for the sustainable management of these resources in order to help overcome poverty and meet internationally agreed development goals by 2015.
Lake Victoria Basin Environment Outlook
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Release Date : 2006
Lake Victoria Basin Environment Outlook written by and has been published by United Nations Environment Programme this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Environmental management categories.
Influence Of Climate Change And Human Induced Environmental Degradation On Lake Victoria
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Author : Julius B. Lejju
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
Influence Of Climate Change And Human Induced Environmental Degradation On Lake Victoria written by Julius B. Lejju and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Nature categories.
Lake Victoria basin, an international water body that offers the riparian communities a large number of important benefits, has in the last four decades experienced drastic environmental changes, with a significant drop in its water level in the more recent years. The changes in water level have significantly affected the energy supply in the region and threatened the lives of the riparian population engaged, directly and indirectly, in subsistence and commercial fishing, and the agricultural and industrial sectors. The reduction in lake levels has attracted conflicting speculation. Environmentalists attribute it to reduced rainfall experienced in the East African region, while hydrologists blame it on environmental degradation and excessive water release through the operations of the Kiira-Nalubale hydroelectric power dams at Jinja. This research provides evidence of long-term environment changes in Lake Victoria and a contribution to the understanding of the past environmental conditions in the lake basin. It provides the history of human environment interactions, including the possible cause for the dynamics of the lake levels, giving possible options that can help to remedy and/or mitigate the environmental degradation in the region.
Lake Victoria Monitored From Space
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Author : Joseph Awange
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-12-17
Lake Victoria Monitored From Space written by Joseph Awange and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Science categories.
This book employs a suite of remotely sensed products and advanced technologies to provide the first comprehensive space-based sensing of Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake that supports a livelihood of more than 42 million people, modulates regional climate, but faces myriads of challenges. Proper understanding of the lake and changes in its physical dynamics (e.g., water level, shorelines and areal dynamics) resulting from the impacts of climate variation and climate change as well as anthropogenic (e.g., hydropower and irrigation) is important for its management as well as for strategic development before, during and after climate extremes (e.g., floods and droughts) in order to inform policy formulations, planning and mitigation measures. Owing to its sheer size, and lack of research resources commitment by regional governments that hamper its observations, however, it is a daunting task to undertake studies on Lake Victoria relying solely on in-situ “boots on the ground” measurements, which are sparse, missing in most cases, inconsistent or restricted by governmental red tapes. To unlock the potentials of Lake Victoria, this book argues for the removal of obsolete Nile treaties signed between Britain, Egypt and Sudan in the 1920s and 1950s, which prohibits its utilization by the upstream countries. The book is useful to those in water resources management and policy formulations, hydrologists, environmentalists, engineers and researchers. In a unique cross-disciplinary approach, the Book articulates the various climatic impacts and explanations from natural and anthropogenic origins, which affected Lake Victoria and its vicinity, including the drastic increase and depletion of water level in the Lake and dams, floods and droughts, water quality/security, crop health, food security, and economic implications. With no exception as in his many publications, Joseph L. Awange used data analysis methodologies including filtering, adjustment theory, and robust statistics, to quantify the hydrologic and other parameters, and their estimated uncertainties. The Book is recommended for readers from a diverse disciplines, including physical and social sciences, policy, law, engineering, and disaster management. Professor C.K. Shum, Ohio State University.
Poverty And Wealth Of Fisherfolks In The Lake Victoria Basin Of Kenya
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Author : Obiero On'gan'ga O.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Poverty And Wealth Of Fisherfolks In The Lake Victoria Basin Of Kenya written by Obiero On'gan'ga O. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fishers categories.
Kenya S National Report To The United Nations On The Human Environment
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Author : Kenya. Working Committee on the Human Environment
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Kenya S National Report To The United Nations On The Human Environment written by Kenya. Working Committee on the Human Environment and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Conservation of natural resources categories.
Climate Change And Water Resources In Africa
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Author : Salif Diop
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-02-15
Climate Change And Water Resources In Africa written by Salif Diop and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-15 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The focus of this book is on the key water-related vulnerabilities to climate change in Africa, particularly in its most vulnerable areas, exploring potential management responses to such vulnerabilities. The African countries are particularly exposed and vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, with important impacts on water resources and hydrological systems, water availability, water resource management and sea level variations. Already, under various anthropogenic pressures, the status of water resources in Africa has been changing over the past decades, with decreasing water quality, falling groundwater levels, and variability in rainfall, both in terms of timing and intensity. Climate change will further accelerate the rate of change, affecting the ability of people and societies to respond in a timely manner. It is clear that there is no quick fix to the pressures imposed on water resources by climate change. Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities to extreme events such as flooding and drought, and integrating climate change risks and opportunities into development decision-making is indeed a key challenge, as much a technical climate-change one, as a political and developmental challenge. The book, in this regard, intends to contribute to the debate around climate change in relation to water resources management in Africa, and in particular inform policy decisions and actions that will improve governments’ and communities’ ability to manage the challenges of climate change and variability in relation to the aquatic ecosystems that they depend on. The knowledge collected in this book will benefit policy makers, researchers, as well as other stakeholders.
The East African Great Lakes Limnology Palaeolimnology And Biodiversity
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Author : Eric O. Odada
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-03-09
The East African Great Lakes Limnology Palaeolimnology And Biodiversity written by Eric O. Odada and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-09 with Science categories.
The Second International Symposium on the East African Lakes was held from 10-15 January 2000 at Club Makokola on the southern shore of Lake Malawi. The symposium was organized by the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL), a research consortium of African, European and North American scientists interested in promoting the investigations of African Great Lakes as archives of environmental and climatic dynamics. Over one hundred African, European and North American scientists with special expertise in the tropical lakes participated in the symposium which featured compelling presentations on the limnology, climatology, palaeoclimatology and biodiversity of the East African Lakes. It is their papers that comprise this book. The large lakes of East Africa are important natural resources that are heavily utilized by their bordering countries for transportation, water supply, fisheries, waste disposal, recreation and tourism. The lakes are unique in many ways: they are sensitive to climatic change and their circulation dynamics, water-column chemistry and biological complexity differ significantly from large lakes at higher latitudes; they have long, continuous, high resolution records of past climatic change; and they have rich and diverse populations of endemic organisms. These unique properties and the significance of the palaeolimnological records demand and attract research interest from around the world.