Hydrological Impacts of Land Use Changes on Water Resources - Phd: Unesco-Ihe Institute, Delft

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Research Background and Study Area 3. Conceptual and Analytical Framework 4. Agro-hydrological Assessment of On-farm Storage RHM Systems 5. Agro-Hydrological Assessment of In-Situ RHM Systems 6. Hydro-Economic Analysis and Farmers’ Investment Options 7. Flood Storage and River Water Abstraction 8. Conclusions and Recommendations

About the author

Stephen Njuguna Ngigi

Summary

Offers an assessment of the hydrological impacts of land use changes on water resources management and socio-economic development of the upper Ewaso Ng'iro river basin in Kenya. This title considers the impact of irrigation on dry season river flows and highlights the challenge of flood storage strategies.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Njuguna Ngigi, Ngigi Stephen Njuguna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138468689
• ISBN: 978-1-138-46868-9
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology