Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources

This study, African water resources: challenges and opportunities for sustainable management propose a long-term strategy for water resource management, emphasizing the socially sustainable development imperatives for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The...

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Main Author:	Sharma, Narenda P.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AQUATIC SYSTEMS BILL COLLECTION CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION COST RECOVERY CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMERS FLOODING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GROUND WATER GROUND WATERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LOCAL CAPACITY MAINTENANCE COSTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS RECHARGE RIVER BASINS RIVER BLINDNESS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE USE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS URBAN AREAS WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER CONTAMINATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER USER WATERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/10/12844979/sustainable-development-africas-water-resources http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9954

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spelling	okr-10986-99542021-04-23T14:02:47Z Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources Sharma, Narenda P. ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AQUATIC SYSTEMS BILL COLLECTION CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION COST RECOVERY CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMERS FLOODING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GROUND WATER GROUND WATERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LOCAL CAPACITY MAINTENANCE COSTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS RECHARGE RIVER BASINS RIVER BLINDNESS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE USE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS URBAN AREAS WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER CONTAMINATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER USER WATERS This study, African water resources: challenges and opportunities for sustainable management propose a long-term strategy for water resource management, emphasizing the socially sustainable development imperatives for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The message of this strategy is one of optimism - the groundwork already exists for the sustainable management of Africa's water resources. The strategy recommends an integrated cross-sectoral, catchment area approach in Africa, and calls for both public and private participation in managing and developing water resources. The strategy also recognizes and uses the large reservoir of African capacity and builds upon the numerous existing achievements in Africa. The paper identifies five development imperatives: household water security, catchment area and wetland protection, food security, water quality and human health, and intra-national and international conflict resolution. Sub-Saharan Africa is a vast region which sees too little water, or too much, in the wrong place or at the wrong time. Too many demands are placed on too few resources, with too many people, agencies, or institutions trying to manage these resources. While water and water systems are integrated resources, the human response - in development efforts - is often not integrated. 2012-08-13T09:58:47Z 2012-08-13T09:58:47Z 1996-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/10/12844979/sustainable-development-africas-water-resources http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9954 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 74 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AQUATIC SYSTEMS BILL COLLECTION CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION COST RECOVERY CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMERS FLOODING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GROUND WATER GROUND WATERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LOCAL CAPACITY MAINTENANCE COSTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS RECHARGE RIVER BASINS RIVER BLINDNESS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE USE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS URBAN AREAS WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER CONTAMINATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER USER WATERS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AQUATIC SYSTEMS BILL COLLECTION CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION COST RECOVERY CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMERS FLOODING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GROUND WATER GROUND WATERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LOCAL CAPACITY MAINTENANCE COSTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS RECHARGE RIVER BASINS RIVER BLINDNESS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE USE TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS URBAN AREAS WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER CONTAMINATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER USER WATERS Sharma, Narenda P. Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
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description	This study, African water resources: challenges and opportunities for sustainable management propose a long-term strategy for water resource management, emphasizing the socially sustainable development imperatives for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The message of this strategy is one of optimism - the groundwork already exists for the sustainable management of Africa's water resources. The strategy recommends an integrated cross-sectoral, catchment area approach in Africa, and calls for both public and private participation in managing and developing water resources. The strategy also recognizes and uses the large reservoir of African capacity and builds upon the numerous existing achievements in Africa. The paper identifies five development imperatives: household water security, catchment area and wetland protection, food security, water quality and human health, and intra-national and international conflict resolution. Sub-Saharan Africa is a vast region which sees too little water, or too much, in the wrong place or at the wrong time. Too many demands are placed on too few resources, with too many people, agencies, or institutions trying to manage these resources. While water and water systems are integrated resources, the human response - in development efforts - is often not integrated.
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author	Sharma, Narenda P.
author_facet	Sharma, Narenda P.
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title	Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
title_short	Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
title_full	Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
title_fullStr	Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
title_full_unstemmed	Sustainable Development of Africa's Water Resources
title_sort	sustainable development of africa's water resources
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/10/12844979/sustainable-development-africas-water-resources http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9954
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