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FRESHWATER DEMAND AND ECOSYSTEM STABILITY OF DRY LANDS: THE DILEMMAS OF ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LAKE NAIVASHA KENYA - Couverture souple

Ndege, Tom

 
9783844306576: FRESHWATER DEMAND AND ECOSYSTEM STABILITY OF DRY LANDS: THE DILEMMAS OF ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LAKE NAIVASHA KENYA
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3844306579 ISBN 13 : 9783844306576
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The book examines the dilemmas that confront the achievement of sustainable development in dry lands. At the heart of this condominium is increasing water needs to satisfy economic development pursuits. This is countered by rapidly changing meteorological conditions associated with climate change that pose significant water supply risks. The result is a clash between capitalist development processes as we have known them through the years, and the objective well-being interests of the present and posterity. Located at center of the great Rift Valley Lake Naivasha is an ideal auditorium for the setting the drama of unbridled economic growth and ecological crises seriously compromise the future. Located in a sub-Saharan African country, Lake Naivasha is a mesh of contrasts. In its vicinity resides poverty amidst wealth, large scale irrigation sharing borders with rain fed agriculture, sedentary lifestyle amidst nomads , human settlement within wildlife. It offers opportunities for immense wealth and sadly poses severe challenges to development. This book reports on the water crises that faces the Naivasha and offers lessons for similar places worldwide.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The book examines the dilemmas that confront the achievement of sustainable development in dry lands. At the heart of this condominium is increasing water needs to satisfy economic development pursuits. This is countered by rapidly changing meteorological conditions associated with climate change that pose significant water supply risks. The result is a clash between capitalist development processes as we have known them through the years, and the objective well-being interests of the present and posterity. Located at center of the great Rift Valley Lake Naivasha is an ideal auditorium for the setting the drama of unbridled economic growth and ecological crises seriously compromise the future. Located in a sub-Saharan African country, Lake Naivasha is a mesh of contrasts. In its vicinity resides poverty amidst wealth, large scale irrigation sharing borders with rain fed agriculture, sedentary lifestyle amidst nomads , human settlement within wildlife. It offers opportunities for immense wealth and sadly poses severe challenges to development. This book reports on the water crises that faces the Naivasha and offers lessons for similar places worldwide.

Biographie de l'auteur

Tom Mongare Ndege is a Senior Lecturer at Moi University, Kenya. He has also served as a visiting professor at the United States International University. He has published over fifteen articles in refereed journals. His presentations at learned conferences have earned him a reputation attracting numerous publication offers.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3844306579
ISBN 13 
9783844306576
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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