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1 Gyampoh, B. A.; Idinoba, M.; Amisah, S. 2008. Water scarcity under a changing climate in Ghana: options for livelihoods adaptation. Development, 51:415-417.
Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Rural areas ; Water requirements ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Irrigation water ; River basins / Ghana / Offin River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041527)
The effects of climate change and variability on water availability in Ghana is being felt throughout the country. Coping with water scarcity has become a major issue. Most communities in the Offin River basin are rural with no pipe-borne water, and consist predominantly of farmers who depend on irrigation for their crops. The basin provides the communities with water for drinking, and for other economic activities. Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh, Monica Idinoba and Steve Amisah look at livelihood options to cope with water scarcity as the climate situation worsens in the coming years.
2 Apraku, A.; Gyampoh, B. A.; Morton, J. F.; Karikari, A. B. 2023. Water security in rural Eastern Cape, SA: interrogating the impacts of politics and climate change. Scientific African, 19:e01493. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01493]
Climate change ; Water security ; Politics ; Water insecurity ; Rural areas ; Water supply ; Livelihoods ; Ecosystems ; Socioeconomic development ; Evaporation ; Water resources ; Water scarcity ; Infrastructure ; Rainwater harvesting ; Precipitation ; Weather / South Africa / Eastern Cape
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051776)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622003970/pdfft?md5=fcb9284952f7d3bb0061054b37736998&pid=1-s2.0-S2468227622003970-main.pdf
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Achieving water security remains one of the central challenges to many developing countries today. According to the South African Water Research Commission, the availability of safe and affordable water is crucial in ensuring a healthy and productive life for all. Despite the national standards set to measure the quality of water in South Africa, the sources and ‘quality standards’ of water in rural Eastern Cape remain a major concern. Based on empirical research with 140 respondents and interactions; this paper highlights that most rural residents in the Eastern Cape still access water from dams, rivers and streams for domestic and agricultural purposes. Again, the availability of water throughout the year is not guaranteed due to changing global climatic conditions with both humans and livestock accessing water from same sources. The paper concludes that climate change and politico-administrative ‘negligence’ compound water insecurity in most of South Africa's rural communities.
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