Water resources management in Ethiopia
Subtitle: implications for the Nile Basin
By: edited by Helmut Kloos and Worku Legesse.
Contributors: Kloos, Helmut.; Legesse, Worku.
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604976656
Subjects: Water resources development -- Ethiopia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Water resources development and management in sub-Saharan Africa : overview and global context; title: Water resources management in the Nile Basin; title: The water resources of Ethiopia and large-scale hydropower and irrigation development; title: Small-scale irrigation and micro dams; title: Rainwater harvesting; title: Water supply and sanitation; title: Hydrological and related aspects of deforestation and degradation of woody vegetation; title: Land degradation and water problems in the highlands : causes, impacts, and interventions; title: Problems for pastoralists in the lowlands : river basin development in the Awash and Omo valleys; title: Flooding in Ethiopia : recent history and the 2006 flood; title: A case study of the 2006 flood : Dire Dawa.