Nile River Basin
Subtitle: ecohydrological challenges, climate change and hydropolitics
By: Assefa M. Melesse, Wossenu Abtew, Shimelis G. Setegn, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cham; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 718
ISBN-13: 9783319027197; 9783319027203
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Hydrology; Climatic changes
Description: The book provides a comprehensive overview of the hydrology of the Nile River, especially the ecohydrological degradation and challenges the basin is facing, the impact of climate change on water availability and the transboundary water management issues. The book includes analysis and approaches that will help provide different insights into the hydrology of this complex basin, which covers 11 countries and is home to over 300 million people. The need for water-sharing agreements that reflect the current situations of riparian countries and are based on equitable water- sharing principles is stressed in many chapters.  This book explores water resource availability and quality and their trends in the basin, soil erosion and watershed degradation at different scales, water and health, land use and climate change impact, transboundary issues and water management, dams, reservoirs and lakes. The link between watershed and river water quantity and quality is discussed pointing out the importance of watershed protection for better water resource management, water accessibility, institutional set-up and policy, water demand and management. The book also presents the water sharing sticking points in relation to historical treaties and the emerging water demands of the upstream riparian countries. The need for collaboration and identification of common ground to resolve the transboundary water management issues and secure a win-win is also indicated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Nile River Basin / Wossenu Abtew and Assefa M. Melesse; title: Streamflow data needs for water resources management and monitoring challenges : a case study of Wami River Subbasin in Tanzania / Preksedis Marco Ndomba; title: Satellite rainfall products and their reliability in the Blue Nile Basin / Ayele Almaw Fenta, Tom Rientjes, Alemseged Tamiru Haile and Paolo Reggiani; title: Africa-wide monitoring of small surface water bodies using multisource satellite data : a monitoring system for FEWS NET / Naga M. Velpuri, Gabriel B. Senay, Henok Alemu, James Rowland and James P. Verdin; title: Surface water and groundwater resources of Ethiopia : potentials and challenges of water resources development / Belete Berhanu, Yilma Seleshi and Assefa M. Melesse; title: Land and water in the Nile Basin / Wossenu Abtew; title: Soil erosion and discharge in the Blue Nile Basin : trends and challenges / Tammo S. Steenhuis, Seifu A. Tilahun, Zelalem K. Tesemma, Tigist Y. Tebebu, Mamaru Moges, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Muluken L. Alemu, Essayas K. Ayana and Yasir A. Mohamed; title: Spatial and temporal patterns of soil erosion in the semi-humid Ethiopian Highlands : a case study of Debre Mawi Watershed / Seifu A. Tilahun, Christian D. Guzman, Assefa D. Zegeye, Essayas K. Ayana, Amy S. Collick, Birru Yitaferu and Tammo S. Steenhuis; title: Modeling sediment dynamics : effect of land use, topography, and land management in the Wami-Ruvu Basin, Tanzania / Juliana J. Msaghaa, Assefa M. Melesse and Preksedis M. Ndomba; title: Assessment of soil erosion in the Blue Nile Basin / Gizaw Desta Gessesse; title: Hydro-epidemiology of the Nile Basin : understanding the complex linkages between water and infections diseases / Michael C. Wimberly and Alemayehu A. Midekisa; title: Monitoring state of biomass recovery in the Blue Nile Basin using image-based disturbance index / Essayas K. Ayana, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Amy S. Collick, Seifu A. Tilahun, Muhammed Elkamil, William D. Philpot and Tammo S. Steenhuis; title: Bathymetry, lake area and volume mapping : a remote-sensing perspective / Essayas K. Ayana, William D. Philpot, Assefa M. Melesse, and Tammo S. Steenhuis; title: Land use and land cover changes in Northern Kordofan State of Sudan : a remotely sensed data analysis / Mohamed S. Dafalla, Elfaitih M. Abdel-Rahman, Khalid H.A. Siddig, Ibrahim S. Ibrahim and Elmar Csaplovics; title: Multi-model approach for spatial evapotranspiration mapping : comparison of models performance for different ecosystems / Temesgen Enku, Christiaan van der Tol, Assefa M. Melesse, Semu A. Moges and A. Gieske; title: Modeling rainfall erosivity from daily rainfall events, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia / Tewodros Assefa Nigussie, Abebe Fanta, Assefa M. Melesse and Shoeb Quraishi; title: Climate change impacts and development-based adaptation pathway to the Nile River Basin / Semu A. Moges and Mekonnen Gebremichael; title: Climate change projections in the Upper Gilgel Abay River Catchment, Blue Nile Basin Ethiopia / Anwar A. Adem, Assefa M. Melesse, Seifu A. Tilahun, Shimelis G. Setegn, Essayas K. Ayana, Abeyou Wale and Tewodros T. Assefa; title: Climate change impact on water resources and adaptation strategies in the Blue Nile River Basin / Shimelis G. Setegn, Assefa M. Melesse, David Rayner and Bijan Dargahi; title: Climate change and rangeland degradation in Eastern Sudan : which adaptation strategy works well? / Hussein M. Sulieman and Khalid H.A. Siddig; title: Statistical downscaling of preciipitation in the Upper Nile : use of generalized linear models (GLMs) for the Kyoga Basin / M. Kigobe, H. Wheater and N. McIntyre; title: Local and indigenous knowledge systems in subsistence agriculture, climate risk management, and mitigation of community vulnerability in changing climate, Lake Victoria Basin : a case study of Rakai and Isingiro Districts, Uganda / Casim Umba Tolo, Enock Amos Majule and Julius Bunny Lejju; title: Processes of institutional change and factors influencing collective action in local water resources governance in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia / Tilaye Teklewold Deneke; title: Water governance in the Nile Basin for hydropower development / Marit Kitaw and Mulunch Yitayew; title: Managing rainwater for resilient dryland systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : review of evidences / Tilahun Amede, Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Bancy Matti and Mulunch Yitayew; title: Impact and benefit study of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD0 during impounding and operation phases on downstream strucutres in the Eastern Nile / Wossenu Abtew and Assefa M. Melesse; title: International water law principles and frameworks : perspectives from the Nile River Basin / Ryan Stoa; title: Supporting the development of efficient and effective river basin organizations in Africa ; what steps can be taken to improve transboundary water cooperation betweent the Riparian States of the Nile? / Matthias Morbach, Lars Ribbe and Rui Pedroso; title: Payment for watershed services in the Mara River Basin : part I : institutions and stakeholder engagement / Mahadev G. Bhat, Michael McClain, Doris Ombara, William Kasanga and George Atisa; title: Payment for watershed services in the Mara River Basin : part II : an analysis of stakeholders' perceptions and willingness to implement conservation practices / Koji Hashimoto, Mahadev G. Bhat, Michael McClain, Doris Ombara and William Kasanga; title: Climate teleconnections and water management / Wossenu Abtew and Assefa M. Melesse.