Environmental sustainability and water availability: Analyses of the scarcity and improvement opportunities in the Usangu plain, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Malley, Z J U ^a   Taeb, M ^b   Matsumoto, T ^c   Takeya, H ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Tanzania)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drinking water supply; Emerging water scarcity; Environmental change; Rainwater harvesting; Semi arid environment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; PLANNING; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY; EMERGING WATER SCARCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RAINWATER HARVESTING; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; USANGU PLAINS;

EID: 57649107452     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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