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Water governance--challenges in Africa [electronic resource] : hydro-optimism or hydro-pessimism? / Ibrahima Anne (ed.).

Contributor(s): Series: CEAUP studies on Africa ; v. 2.Publication details: Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, c2012.Description: 251 p. : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9783034311335 (pbk.)
  • 9783035105186 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.910096 23
LOC classification:
  • HD1699.A1 W385 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1: Water as a human right -- The market economy and the human right to water in Africa / Manuel C. Branco and Pedro D. Henriques -- Implementation of the human right to water: multi-level challenges / Paula D. Lopes --Part 2: Water governance and institutional issues -- Theoretical reflections on the analysis of water governance in coupled social-ecological systems / Mathias Polak and Stefan Liehr -- Between a rock and a hard place: decentralization and struggles for water in Mali / Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde -- Social learning and water-resource management in southern Africa: can interactive learning trigger changes in water management? / Helen Brown -- How does the river flow? the Mphanda Nkuwa project and China's impact on Mozambique and southern Africa's water and development / Daniel Alvarenga -- Part 3: Water supply and sanitation -- The water question under extreme poverty: the example of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) / Adriano Bordalo and Joana Savva-Bordalo -- The politics of water management in rural communities of Nigeria: deep or shallow commitment? / Godwin Uyi Ojo -- Part 4: Hydropolitical risks and transboundary water politics -- From hydro-pessimism to hydro-optimism in southern Africa: hydropolitical risk as a tool for improving water resource management / Agathe Maupin -- Integrated water resources management in the Senegal River basin / Ibrahima Anne -- Part 5: Water and food nexus -- Rainwater management in Africa: a green revolution to increase agricultural production / Nico. H. Van Leeuwen.
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Part 1: Water as a human right -- The market economy and the human right to water in Africa / Manuel C. Branco and Pedro D. Henriques -- Implementation of the human right to water: multi-level challenges / Paula D. Lopes --Part 2: Water governance and institutional issues -- Theoretical reflections on the analysis of water governance in coupled social-ecological systems / Mathias Polak and Stefan Liehr -- Between a rock and a hard place: decentralization and struggles for water in Mali / Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde -- Social learning and water-resource management in southern Africa: can interactive learning trigger changes in water management? / Helen Brown -- How does the river flow? the Mphanda Nkuwa project and China's impact on Mozambique and southern Africa's water and development / Daniel Alvarenga -- Part 3: Water supply and sanitation -- The water question under extreme poverty: the example of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) / Adriano Bordalo and Joana Savva-Bordalo -- The politics of water management in rural communities of Nigeria: deep or shallow commitment? / Godwin Uyi Ojo -- Part 4: Hydropolitical risks and transboundary water politics -- From hydro-pessimism to hydro-optimism in southern Africa: hydropolitical risk as a tool for improving water resource management / Agathe Maupin -- Integrated water resources management in the Senegal River basin / Ibrahima Anne -- Part 5: Water and food nexus -- Rainwater management in Africa: a green revolution to increase agricultural production / Nico. H. Van Leeuwen.

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