Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Speth, Peter (Editor), Christoph, Michael (Editor), Diekkrüger, Bernd (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Medicine.; Agriculture.; Demography.; Earth Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Climate Change.

How can Africa´s finite water and land resources be managed sustainably under the influence of Global Change so as to meet the growing needs of humans in ways that avert the looming crisis? The need to find answers to this question has taxed the brains of many scientists who recognize the urgency of...