Fresh Water

Fresh Water Bibliozone

In March, Foresight For Development turns the spotlight on foresight and fresh water in Africa.

Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to African & Global fresh water foresight. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.

From our FFD library:

The topics we focus on in this issue include:

• Equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources…
• …for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development…
• …regional cooperation…
• …and the environment

Equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources…

• Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps and Needs
• Southern African Vision For Water, Life and Environment In the 21st Century
• Future Ecosystem Services in a Southern African River Basin: a Scenario Planning Approach to Uncertainty
• Impact of Climate Change on Water in Southern Africa
• Confronting South Africa’s water challenge
• Water: keeping South Africa's taps flowing - Scenarios for the future
• Modelling scenarios for water resources management in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa
• Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: Past, Present and Future
• Global Environment Outlook 4
• Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development
• Three Global Water Scenarios
• WWScenarios: Driving Forces and Five Stylized Scenarios
• World Water Scenarios 2012-2035
• Water Facts and Trends
• Exploring alternative futures of the World Water System. Building a second generation of World Water Scenarios Driving force: Technology
• World Water and Food to 2025: Dealing with Scarcity
• Fresh Water Resources: A Perspective
• World Water Resources and Regional Vulnerability: Impact of Future Changes
• Uncertainty, Risk and Possible Futures of Global Water Systems
• Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-as-usual” conditions
• Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
• Rural and Urban Water Issues in Africa

…for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development…

• Water for growth and development in Africa
• Irrigation Projection For 2030-2050
• The Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable and Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development
• Water for Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
• Trends in water and agricultural development
• Securing 2020 vision for 2030: climate change and ensuring resilience in water and sanitation services
• Water and Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor - Small-Scale Providers: Typology & Profiles
• Scanning the 2020 horizon: An analysis of trends and scenarios in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector
• Managing our Future Water Needs for Agriculture, Industry, Human Health and the Environment
• Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century
• The Bubble Is Close to Bursting: A Forecast of the Main Economic and Geopolitical Water
• Human Development Report 2006 Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis
• Urban growth, climate change, and freshwater availability
• Green Hills, Blue Cities - an Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
• Vision 2050: The new agenda for business
• Serving the Water and Sanitation Sector: Resource centre experiences, developments and future trends
• Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus
• Water Services Development Plan For City of Cape Town
• A Gender perspective on Water resources and Sanitation: Background Paper submitted to the Commission on Sustainable Development

…regional cooperation…

• Water for Growth and Development in Africa: A framework for an effective mosaic of investment
• Regional scenarios for Africa's future: freshwater
• Water Scenarios for the Zambezi River Basin, 2000 – 2050
• An inter regional water resources planning model

…and the environment

• Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Water Resources Management Options for Smallholder Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Reducing West Africa's Vulnerability to Climate Impacts on Water Resources, Wetlands and Desertification
• Water Resource Management and Climate Change in South Africa
• Vision for Water and Nature: A world strategy for conservation and sustainable management of water resources in the 21st century
• Climate Change and Water: An overview from the World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World
• Climate change and global water resources
• Climate Change and Water

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