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Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Peter Speth

    1. Inst. Geophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Köln, Köln, Germany

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  2. Michael Christoph

    1. Inst. Geophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Köln, Köln, Germany

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  3. Bernd Diekkrüger

    1. Geographisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  • Highly interdisciplinary approach

  • Offers strategies for a sustainable water management

  • Case studies from two different catchments in Africa

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Fundamentals and process understanding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-3
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    2. Introduction

      • P. Speth, A. H. Fink
      Pages 4-11

    3. Impacts of Global Change

      • A. H. Fink, M. Christoph
      Pages 12-28

    4. Regional geography of West and Northwest Africa: An introduction

      • G. Menz
      Pages 30-103

    5. Measurement concepts

      • A. H. Fink
      Pages 104-131

    6. Atmosphere

      • A. H. Fink
      Pages 132-163

    7. Continental hydrosphere

      • B. Diekkrüger
      Pages 164-253

    8. Biosphere

      • J. Röhrig, H. Goldbach
      Pages 254-281

    9. Anthroposphere

      • A. Kuhn, T. Heckelei
      Pages 282-341

    10. Summary

      • P. Speth, A. H. Fink
      Pages 342-349

  3. Future projections and decision support

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 350-351
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    2. Introduction: The IMPETUS method

      • P. Speth, B. Diekkrüger
      Pages 352-358

    3. The IMPETUS Spatial Decision Support Systems

      • A. Enders, B. Diekkrüger, R. Laudien, T. Gaiser, G. Bareth
      Pages 360-393

    4. Scenarios

      • M. Christoph, B. Reichert, A. Jaeger
      Pages 394-448

    5. Impacts of Global Change in Benin

      • A. H. Fink
      Pages 450-561

    6. Impacts of Global Change in Southern Morocco

      • B. Reichert
      Pages 562-646

    7. Summary and conclusions

      • P. Speth, B. Diekkrüger, A. H. Fink
      Pages 648-655

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 656-675
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Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21th century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interdisciplinary approach is used in the book. Strategies are offered for a sustainable and future-oriented water management. Based on different scenarios, a range of management options is suggested with the aid of Information Systems and Spatial Decision Support Systems for two river catchments in Northwest and West Africa: the wadi Drâa in south-eastern Morocco and the Ouémé basin in Benin. The selected catchments are representative in the sense: "what can be learnt from these catchments for other similar catchments?

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. Geophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Köln, Köln, Germany

    Peter Speth, Michael Christoph

  • Geographisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Bernd Diekkrüger

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