Applied groundwater studies in Africa. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Segun Adelana, Alan MacDonald ; associate editors, Tamiru Alemayehu Abiye, Callist Tindimugaya.
• Other Names: Adelana, Segun; MacDonald, Alan M
• Contents: Groundwater research issues in Africa -- Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa: A strategic overview of developmental issues -- Groundwater development for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- A GIS-based flow model for groundwater resources management in the development areas in the eastern Sahara, Africa -- Water resources management in the Lake Chad basin: Diagnosis and action plan -- The benefits of a scientific approach to sustainable development of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sustainable groundwater development in Nigeria -- A remedial approach for soil and groundwater impacted by crude oil in the Niger delta -- African hydrogeology and rural water supply -- Groundwater as a vital resource for rural development: An example from Ghana -- An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of Nigeria -- The occurrence of groundwater in northeastern Ghana -- Application of remote-sensing and surface geophysics for groundwater prospecting in a hard rock terrain, Morocco -- Urban groundwater management and protection in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Urban groundwater and pollution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Groundwater mining: A reality for the Lusaka urban aquifers? -- Impact of the Casablanca municipal landfill on groundwater resources (Morocco) -- Groundwater in Africa -- palaeowater, climate change and modern recharge -- Estimating groundwater recharge in the southwestern sector of the Chad basin using chloride data -- Groundwater in North and Central Sudan -- Hydrochemical and stable isotopes compositions of saline groundwaters in the Benue Trough, Nigeria -- Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of coastal groundwater near Abidjan (southern Ivory Coast) -- Hydrogeochemistry of a fractured aquifer in the Ogoja/Obudu area of SE Nigeria -- Salinity problems in coastal aquifers: Case study from Port Harcourt city, southern Nigeria -- Groundwater flow and transport modeling in semi-arid Africa: Salt accumulation in river-fed aquifers -- Three-dimensional modelling of a coastal sedimentary basin of southern Benin (West Africa) -- Groundwater modelling and implication for groundwater protection: Case study of the Abidjan aquifer, Côte d'Ivoire -- Geostatistical assessment of the transmissivity of crystalline fissured aquifer in the Bondoukou region, north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire -- Technical note: Hydrogeological mapping in Africa.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton [Fla.] London : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 507 pages), illustrations (some color), maps, plans
• Subjects: 333.91/04096; Groundwater -- Africa; Water resources development -- Africa; Water-supply, Rural -- Africa; Water Supply; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Groundwater; Water resources development; Water-supply, Rural; Grundwasser; Grundvatten -- Afrika; Africa; Africa; Afrika; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203889497; 0203889495; 9780415452731; 0415452732
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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