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Climate variability and water resources degradation in Kenya : improving water resources development and management / Hezron Mogaka ... [et al.]

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank working paper ; no.69Publisher: Washington, D.C : World Bank, c2006Description: Online-Ressource (xviii, 105 p) : ill., col. maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0821365177
  • 9780821365175
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.910096762 22
LOC classification:
  • HD1699.K4
Online resources: Summary: This report attempts to fill that gap for two of the most important water-related issues facing the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The study reported here concluded that the El Niño-La Niña episode from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14 percent of GDP during that period). During El Niño-induced floods, this cost primarily arises from destruction of infrastructure such as roads, water supply infrastructure, and pipe networks. The largest costs incurred during the La Niña droughts (1998-2000) were from loss of industrial production and other costs arising from reduced hydropower generation, as well as from crop and livestock losses. These costs are felt throughout Kenyan society.PPN: PPN: 724180966Package identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-wba | ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBL
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