| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 507 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans |
| Series |
Selected papers on hydrogeology ; 13 |
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Hydrogeology (International Association of Hydrogeologists) ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
Groundwater research issues in Africa -- Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa: A strategic overview of developmental issues -- Groundwater development for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- A GIS-based flow model for groundwater resources management in the development areas in the eastern Sahara, Africa -- Water resources management in the Lake Chad basin: Diagnosis and action plan -- The benefits of a scientific approach to sustainable development of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sustainable groundwater development in Nigeria -- A remedial approach for soil and groundwater impacted by crude oil in the Niger delta -- African hydrogeology and rural water supply -- Groundwater as a vital resource for rural development: An example from Ghana -- An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of Nigeria -- The occurrence of groundwater in northeastern Ghana -- Application of remote-sensing and surface geophysics for groundwater prospecting in a hard rock terrain, Morocco -- Urban groundwater management and protection in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Urban groundwater and pollution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Groundwater mining: A reality for the Lusaka urban aquifers? -- Impact of the Casablanca municipal landfill on groundwater resources (Morocco) -- Groundwater in Africa -- palaeowater, climate change and modern recharge -- Estimating groundwater recharge in the southwestern sector of the Chad basin using chloride data -- Groundwater in North and Central Sudan -- Hydrochemical and stable isotopes compositions of saline groundwaters in the Benue Trough, Nigeria -- Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of coastal groundwater near Abidjan (southern Ivory Coast) -- Hydrogeochemistry of a fractured aquifer in the Ogoja/Obudu area of SE Nigeria -- Salinity problems in coastal aquifers: Case study from Port Harcourt city, southern Nigeria -- Groundwater flow and transport modeling in semi-arid Africa: Salt accumulation in river-fed aquifers -- Three-dimensional modelling of a coastal sedimentary basin of southern Benin (West Africa) -- Groundwater modelling and implication for groundwater protection: Case study of the Abidjan aquifer, Côte d'Ivoire -- Geostatistical assessment of the transmissivity of crystalline fissured aquifer in the Bondoukou region, north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire -- Technical note: Hydrogeological mapping in Africa |
| Summary |
Emphasizes on applied and practical aspects of developing and managing groundwater resources for poverty reduction, human development and environmental sustainability. This book highlights the complexity and variety of issues surrounding the development and management of groundwater resources across Africa |
| Notes |
"A Balkema book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Groundwater -- Africa
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Water resources development -- Africa
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Water-supply, Rural -- Africa
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Water-supply.
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Water Supply
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Water-supply
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Groundwater
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Water resources development
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Water-supply, Rural
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Grundwasser
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Grundvatten -- Afrika.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
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Africa |
| Subject |
Africa
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adelana, Segun.
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MacDonald, Alan M.
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| ISBN |
9780203889497 |
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0203889495 |
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9780415452731 |
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0415452732 |
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