Building Climate Resilience through Virtual Water and Nexus Thinking in the Southern African Development Community

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-80358-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3635 g

Reihe: Springer Water

This book puts the spotlight on Southern Africa, presenting
a cutting-edge concept never previously explored in the context of climate
change and putting forward arguments for regional integration and cooperation.
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) is the new
water infrastructure program of the UK Department for International Development
(DFID) for Southern Africa. The CRIDF promotes the establishment of small to
medium-scale infrastructure across the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) through technical assistance aimed at developing sustainable pro-poor
projects, while also facilitating access to the financial resources needed to
deliver said infrastructure. Further, it focuses on regional water resource
management goals and basin plans, as well as on building climate resilience for
the beneficiary communities. The Facility’s Virtual Water and Nexus Project
works to improve regional peace dividends by translating the Nexus concept into
national and regional policies; it ultimately promotes sovereign security
through greater regional integration across the water, food and energy sectors,
while taking into account potential benefits in connection with carbon
sequestration and emission mitigation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reeve, Charles

Entholzner, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Lebensmittelsicherheit und -versorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Quantifying Virtual Water Flows in the 12 Continental Countries of SADC.- future of SADC: An investigation into the non-political drivers of change and regional integration.- Virtual Water and the Nexus in national development planning.- Mechanisms to influence water allocations on a regional or national basis.- Electrical Power Planning in SADC and the role of the Southern African Power Pool.- Virtual Water and the Private Sector.- The International Experience.- Embedding the Virtual Water Concept in SADC.- Postscript.