Managing Basin Interdependencies in a Heterogeneous, Highly Utilized and Data Scarce River Basin in Semi-Arid Africa

The Case of the Pangani River Basin, Eastern Africa

Jeremiah Kipkulei Kiptala

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780429611308
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecosystems & Habitats
• Index: Biological Sciences

For integrated water resources management both blue and green water resources in a river basin and their spatial and temporal distribution have to be considered. This is because green and blue water uses are interdependent. In sub-Saharan Africa, the upper landscapes are often dominated by rainfed and supplementary irrigated agriculture that rely on green water resources. Downstream, most blue water uses are confined to the river channels, mainly for hydropower and the environment.

Over time and due to population growth and increased demands for food and energy, water use of both green and blue water has increased. This book provides a quantitative assessment of green-blue water use and their interactions. The book makes a novel contribution by developing a hydrological model that can quantify not only green but also blue water use by many smallholder farmers scattered throughout the landscape.

The book provides an innovative framework for mapping ecological productivity where gross returns from water consumed in agricultural and natural vegetation are quantified. The book provides a multi-objective optimization analysis involving green and blue water users, including the environment. The book also assesses the uncertainty levels of using remote sensing data in water resource management at river basin scale.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Abstract
• Acknowledgement
• Table of Contents
• List of Symbols
• List of Acronyms
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Study Area
• Chapter 3: Land Use and Land Cover Classification
• Chapter 4: Mapping Evapotranspiration Using Modis and SEBAL
• Chapter 5: Modelling Stream Flow Using Stream Model
• Chapter 6: Water Productivity
• Chapter 7: Multi-Objective Analysis of Green-Blue Water
• Chapter 8: Conclusions
• References
• Samenvatting
• About the Author