Impacts of global change on the hydrological cycle in West and Northwest Africa / editors, P. Speth, M. Christoph, B. Deikkrüger and M. Bollig [and others]
Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Content; Part I Fundamentals and process understanding; 1 Introduction; 2 Impacts of Global Change; 3. Regional geography of West and Northwest Africa: An introduction; 4 Measurement concepts; 5 Atmosphere; 6 Continental hydrosphere; 7 Biosphere; 8 Anthroposphere; 9 Summary; Part II Future projectionsand decision support; 1 Introduction: TheIMPETUS method; 2 The IMPETUS SpatialDecision Support Systems; 3 Scenarios; 4 Impacts of Global Change in Benin
Summary
Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21st century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interdisciplinary approach is used in the book. Strategies are offered for a sustainable and future-oriented water management. Based on different scenarios, a range of management options is suggested with the aid of Information Systems and Spatial Decision Support Systems for two river catchments in Northwest Africa
