Hydrological impacts of flood storage and management on irrigation water abstraction in upper Ewaso Ng'iro River Basin, Kenya

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1859-1879

  Ngigi, Stephen N ^a,b,c   Savenije, Hubert H G ^c,d   Gichuki, Francis N ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Flood storage; Low river flows; River basin water resources management; River water withdrawals; Water conflicts

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN WATER RESOURCE (RBWR); RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONFLICT;

STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

FLOODING; HORTICULTURE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RIVER FLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EWASO NGIRO BASIN; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55549100291     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9257-5     Document Type: Article

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