West Africa – Water Resources Vulnerability Using a Multidimensional Approach: Case Study of Volta Basin. Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources.

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dc.contributor.authorGordon, C
dc.contributor.authorNukpeza, D
dc.contributor.authorTweneboah-Lawson, E
dc.contributor.authorOfori, B.D
dc.contributor.authorYirenya-Taiwiah, D
dc.contributor.authorAyivor, J.S
dc.contributor.authorKoranteng, S
dc.contributor.authorDarko, D
dc.contributor.authorMensah, A.M
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T10:42:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-14T12:24:02Z
dc.date.available2015-06-24T10:42:56Z
dc.date.available2017-10-14T12:24:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractChanges in climatic conditions have been evident over West Africa in the past decades. Decrease in rainfall amount led to severe droughts during the 1970s and 1980s. There has been a shift of the climatic zones in a southerly direction. Consequently, most of the Volta Basin in Burkina Faso is now located in the Sahelian and Sudano-Sahelian zones. As a consequence of instability in the rainfall pattern, many rivers have dried up, large tracts of land cover have been degraded, and the water table is drawing down.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/6277
dc.publisherElsevier Inc., Academic Press, 283–309.en_US
dc.subjectAgro-ecological zonesen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental changesen_US
dc.subjectGroundwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectHealth changesen_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.subjectRechargeen_US
dc.subjectSocial issuesen_US
dc.subjectSurface water resourcesen_US
dc.titleWest Africa – Water Resources Vulnerability Using a Multidimensional Approach: Case Study of Volta Basin. Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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