Climate Variability and Water Resource Degradation in Kenya : Improving Water Resources Development and Management
This report attempts to fill that gap for two of the most important water-related issues facing the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The study reported here concluded that the El Niño-L...
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| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6525859/climate-variability-water-resource-degradation-kenya-improving-water-resources-development-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7414 |
| Summary: | This report attempts to fill that gap
for two of the most important water-related issues facing
the effects of climate variability and the steady
degradation of the nation's water resources. The study
reported here concluded that the El Niño-La Niña episode
from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14
percent of GDP during that period). During El Niño-induced
floods, this cost primarily arises from destruction of
infrastructure such as roads, water supply infrastructure,
and pipe networks. The largest costs incurred during the La
Niña droughts (1998-2000) were from loss of industrial
production and other costs arising from reduced hydropower
generation, as well as from crop and livestock losses. These
costs are felt throughout Kenyan society. |
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