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A Decision Support System for Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management in the Nile Basin
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | McCartney, Matthew Ibrahim, Yosif A. Seleshi, Yilma Bekele, Seleshi |
| Abstract | The Nile River Basin covers about 10% of the African continent and is spread over ten countries (Burundi, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda). Almost all Nile water is generated on an area covering 20 percent of the basin (most notably the Ethiopian and the Equatorial Lake Plateaus), while the remainder is in arid or semi-arid regions. Egypt and Sudan are almost totally dependent on the Nile for their water uses. And, most other Nile countries are close to water stress, if not already below the water scarcity threshold of 1000 m of water per inhabitant per year. Water stress is compounded by rapid population growth, occurring at twice the global average rate. Hence severe water scarcity conditions are looming over most Nile countries. Nile Basin economies are heavily depended on agriculture which accounts for more than half of the Gross Domestic Product and employs more than 80% of the workforce. However, the lack of water infrastructure, marked climate variability, and poor cultivation practices have seriously restrained, if not completely halted, economic growth. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://boris.unibe.ch/6007/1/List-Abstracts-Oral.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
