Water governance-- challenges in Africa : hydro-optimism or hydro-pessimism? /
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| Imprint: | Bern ; New York : PETER LANG, 2012. |
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| Description: | 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | CEAUP studies on Africa ; v. 2 CEAUP studies on Africa ; v. 2. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8967708 |
Table of 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.
