ECOMAG Model: an evaluation for use in South Africa

Mokoena, M P; Kapangaziwiri, E; Kahinda, J M; Hughes, Denis A

Title: ECOMAG Model: an evaluation for use in South Africa
Creator: Mokoena, M P
Creator: Kapangaziwiri, E
Creator: Kahinda, J M
Creator: Hughes, Denis A
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2013
Date: 2013
Type: text
Type: report
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/438268
Identifier: vital:73447
Identifier: ISBN 978-1-4312-0408-3
Identifier: https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT%20555-13.pdf
Description: The complexity of current approaches to water resource management poses many challenges. Water managers need to solve a range of interrelated water dilemmas, such as balancing water quantity and quality, flooding, drought, maintaining biodi-versity and ecological functions and the supply of water services to people. It is a sad fact in southern Africa that water availability is highly variable both spatially and temporally with low runoff coefficients of less than 9% conversion of mean annual precipitation (MAP) to mean annual runoff (MAR) known to be prevalent across large parts of the region (FAO, 2003). With predictions of water scarcity conditions, caused by rapid population growth, expanding urbanisation, increased economic development and climate change, (Rosegrant and Perez, 1997), water looks set to become a limiting resource in Southern Africa. The dynamics of demand and supply will have a large impact on the future socio-economic development of the region (Basson et al., 1997).
Format: 58 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Water Research Commission
Language: English
Relation: Mokoena, M.P., Kapangaziwiri, E., Kahinda, J.M. and Hughes, D.A., 2013. ECOMAG Model: an evaluation for use in South Africa. South Africa, WRC Report No. TT, 555, p.13
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