River water shortage in a highland-lowland system: A case study of the impacts of water abstraction in the Mount Kenya region

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Aeschbacher, Jos ^a   Liniger, Hanspeter ^b   Weingartner, Rolf ^b  

^a CSD Ingenieure und Geologen AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Highland lowland system; Irrigation; Mount Kenya; Small scale farming; Water abstraction; Water management; Water shortage; Water tower

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; RIVER WATER; SMALLHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27244452874     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0155:RWSIAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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