Downstream and coastal impacts of damming and water abstraction in Africa

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-600

  Snoussi, Maria ^b   Kitheka, Johnson ^c   Shaghude, Yohanna ^d   Kane, Alioune ^e   Arthurton, Russell ^f   Tissier, Martin Le ^a   Virji, Hassan ^g  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f International START Secretariat ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g International START Secretariat   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Catchment; Coastal management; Damming; Water abstraction

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CONTROL; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; DAMMING; WATER ABSTRACTION;

DAMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DAM; RESERVOIR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; DEMOGRAPHY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER FLOW;

AFRICA;

EID: 34247382489     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0369-2     Document Type: Review

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