Groundwater and Climate in Africa

Edited by R. Taylor, Callist Tindimugaya, Michael Owor & Mohammad Shamsudduha
Proceedings of a meeting held at Kampala (Uganda), June 2008.

IAHS Publ. 334 (2009) ISBN 978-1-907161-05-6, 276 + xii pp. Price £65.00

Current assessments of the impacts of climate variability and change on water resources commonly exclude groundwater. This omission is of particular concern in Africa where current water usage and future adaptations in response to climate variability and change, together with population growth, place considerable reliance upon groundwater to meet domestic, agricultural and industrial water needs. The Groundwater and Climate in Africa conference, held in Kampala, Uganda, in June 2008, was the first such conference in Africa, and one of the first globally to focus on the interactions between groundwater and climate variability and change.

This collection of papers selected from the conference includes the Kampala Statement, and addresses five themes:

     

Contents


     
  1. Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Groundwater-Based Livelihoods
     
     
  2. Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Groundwater and Groundwater-Fed Ecosystems
     
     
  3. Monitoring and modelling groundwater use and replenishment
     
     
  4. Estimation of groundwater resources and demand under a changing climate
     
     
  5. Groundwater management in Africa under variable climates