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The Nile River System, Africa : ecohydrology and management from catchment to coast /

The Nile River System, Africa: Ecohydrology and Management from Catchment to Coast, Volume Two provides a critical synthesis of knowledge for an important global region. It covers water availability and needs in the Nile basin, focusing on socioeconomic, hydrological and ecological aspects and the c...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Zeidan, Bakenaz A. (Editor), Aly, Aly Islam Metwally (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2024].
Series:Ecohydrology from catchment to coast
Subjects:
Nile River Watershed > Management.
Ecohydrology > Nile River.
Nil, Bassin du > Gestion.
Écohydrologie > Nil (Fleuve)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Nile River System, Africa
  • The Nile River System, Africa: Ecohydrology and Management from Catchment to Coast
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Biography
  • Preface
  • I
  • Ecohydrology of the Nile River basin
  • 1
  • The hydrology of the Nile River Basin
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Trans-boundary water resources in the Nile River Basin
  • 2.1 Nile River characteristics
  • 2.2 Nile River hydrology
  • 2.3 Nile water scarcity
  • 2.4 Nile water environmental degradation
  • 2.5 Nile River ecology
  • 2.6 Nile River climate change
  • 3. Nile River potential
  • 3.1 The Nile River major storage dams
  • 3.1.1 Aswan Low Dam 1898-1902
  • 3.1.2 Aswan High Dam 1960-71
  • 3.1.3 Rosaries Dam 1961-66
  • 3.1.4 Jebel Aulia 1933-37
  • 3.1.5 Sennar Dam 1925
  • 3.1.6 Khashm el-Girba Dam 1960-64
  • 3.1.7 Merowe Dam 2004-09
  • 3.1.8 Owen Falls Dam (Nalubaale Dam) 1954-68
  • 3.1.9 TekezĂ© Dam 1999-2009
  • 3.1.10 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 2011-present
  • 4. Hydropolitics in the Nile River Basin
  • 4.1 Ethiopia, Egypt, and the historical struggle for the Nile's waters
  • 4.2 Colonial-era conflicts over the Nile
  • 4.3 Negotiating the Nile water management
  • 4.4 Nature of transboundary Nile water agreements
  • 5. The Nile water treaties 1891-1959
  • 6. The present hydropolitical situation
  • 6.1 Nile water allocations
  • 6.2 Nile water socioeconomy
  • 6.3 Nile Basin drought and famine
  • 6.4 Nile water conflicts
  • 6.5 A Nile Basin war for water?
  • 7. The future of Egypt's water resources
  • 7.1 Population explosion
  • 7.2 Irrigation efficiency
  • 7.3 Water pollution
  • 7.4 Regional upheavals
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 2
  • GERD and International Nile River hydropolitics: A hydro-political analysis
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The hydropolitics: an analytical framework
  • 2.1 The concept of hydrostrategic
  • 2.2 The concept of hydropolitical weakness
  • 2.3 The concept of hydro-diplomacy
  • 2.4 The concept of hydro-hegemony
  • 2.5 The concept of water security (hydropolitical security)
  • 3. Egypt's vulnerable water situation
  • 3.1 The importance of Nile River for the Egyptian national security
  • 3.2 Water poverty in Egypt
  • 3.2.1 The most essential water resources in Egypt
  • 4. The legal framework governing Nile waters
  • 4.1 Bilateral and multilateral existing Nile agreements
  • 4.2 The UN convention on the non-navigational uses of international watercourses
  • 4.2.1 The principle of "equitable and reasonable utilization"
  • 4.2.2 Obligation not to cause significant harm
  • 4.2.3 Relationship with existing regional agreements
  • 5. The impact of GERD on international Nile River hydropolitics
  • 5.1 Egyptian relations with Nile Basin Countries: cooperation dynamics and conflict triggers
  • 5.1.1 Cooperation dynamics
  • 5.1.1.1 The HYDROMET Project 1967
  • 5.1.1.2 Andogo 1983
  • 5.1.1.3 The TECCONILE project 1992
  • 5.1.1.4 The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) 1999