| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Sub-Saharan Africás Way of Water Management -- Water harvesting Practices and Consequences in South of Togo: Case of Mission TOVÉ and KOVIÉ in Maritime region -- Traditional Water Conservation Practices in Rural Areas of TEM Land, TOGO -- Traditional Methods of Water Conservation and Management in BASSAR and KABYE Land, TOGO: Comparative studies -- Traditional and Modern Methods of Water Conservation in MALAWI -- Approaches to Water Conservation in Coastal Communities in Southern GHANA -- Water Resources Harvesting and Storage Methods in Cameroon: Physico-Chemistry and Health Implication -- Assessment of Treatment Methods used for the Pollutants Removal from Water in BURKINA FASO: Review and Current Challenges -- The Use of Plants for Drinking Water Disinfection: Traditional Knowledge, Scientific Validation, Current Challenges and Prospects for the Future -- Efficiency of Indigenous Water Treatment Methods in Rural Communities in Northern GHANA -- Traditional Water Purification Methods among the Luo and Luhya Communities of KENYA -- Traditional Beliefs and Healing Potential of the Osun River: Quest for Indigenous Water Management Approaches in Osogbo, Southwestern NIGERIA -- Indigenous Knowledge and Practices for Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Case of Luo and Banyala in KENYA -- Indigenous Approaches to Domestic Water Catchment Management and Conservation in SOUTHERN AFRICA -- From Huts to Shacks: Drawing Lessons from Traditional Resource Management Systems to inform the Management of Communal Water Projects Urban Informal Settlements in KENYA -- Water Management and Treatment Practices in the Akparé District Plateau Region of TOGO -- Water Conservation Techniques in Ilukuno, Ikun-Amure and Ijan Ekiti Communities in Ekiti State, NIGERIA -- Irrigation Practices in Farming Communities in North Central NIGERIA -- Influence of Water Salinity on the Evolution from Traditional to Modern Water Collection Methods in CAMEROON'S Coastal Areas: Use of Ciliated Protozoans as Water Quality Indicators -- Traditional Methods of Agricultural Water Resource Management in SOUTHERN AFRICA |
| Summary |
This book preserves and scientifically interprets the African foreknowledge on water resources management. It offers insight into the relevance of the traditional knowledge and practices to modern approaches on sustainable water management. The African continent has partially preserved its natural habitat for centuries. In this book, this knowledge is combined with the current scientific understanding. The traditional practices are categorized as: i) water harvesting, ii) water transportation, iii) water storage and conservation, iv) water treatments, v) myths and folk stories about water management or conservation, vi) water resource management systems, and vii) soil-water-forest conservation/management systems sub-topics. The findings presented here are in line with SDG 6, which aims at ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by the year 2030 |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 19, 2022) |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Africa -- Management
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Water-supply -- Management
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kowenje, Chrispin, editor
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Haarstrick, Andreas, editor
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Biswick, Timothy, editor
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Ajeagah, Gideon Aghaindum, editor
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Ojwach, Stephen, editor
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Odeku, Oluwatoyin Adepeju, 1966- editor
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Baba, Gnon, 1961- editor
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| ISBN |
9783031096631 |
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3031096630 |
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