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Title | Management of water demand in Africa and the Middle East : current practices and future needs |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Brooks, DB, Rached, E, Saade, M |
Pagination | xi, 78 p. : 5 tab. |
Date Published | 1997-10-01 |
Publisher | International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
Place Published | Ottawa, Ont, Canada |
ISBN Number | 0889368449 |
Keywords | east africa, gender, middle east, networks, north africa, policies, research, sdiman, social aspects, southern africa, water demand, water management, water use, west africa |
Abstract | Throughout Africa and the Middle East, supplies of fresh water for growing and processing food, household and urban uses, and industrial cooling and processing have not kept pace with population growth and economic growth, both of which are occurring at varying rates throughout the region. As well, additional sources of supply are becoming scarce and more expensive to develop. In these circumstances, water demand management (WDM) offers perhaps the only significant hope for major improvements in the standard of living and quality of life for people living in Africa and the Middle East. Despite its importance, however, WDM has received relatively little attention from African researchers. To eliminate this absence of research, IDRC launched its Pan-African Initiative on Water in 1994. This book is a direct result of that initiative. It complements the earlier publication Water management in Africa and the Middle East (IDRC 1996) by presenting the results of a May 1997 "planning workshop" on WDM research in Africa and the Middle East. |
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