Freshwater management and climate change adaptation: Experiences from the great Ruaha River catchment in Tanzania

Climate and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-228

  Kashaigili, Japhet J ^a   Rajabu, Kossa ^b   Masolwa, Petro ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature Tanzania Programme Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate vulnerability; Freshwater management; Great Ruaha River; Institutions; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

GREAT RUAHA BASIN; TANZANIA;

EID: 84857714766     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2009.0025     Document Type: Article

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