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Validating the Soil Conservation Service Triangular Unit Hydrograph (SCS-TUH) model in estimating runoff peak discharge of a catchment in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Journal Articles & Books
December 2013
Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
water management

The knowledge of runoff discharged by a catchment at its outlet is important for water accounting and water allocation to competing uses. Runoff generated by a catchment is important in determining the catchment water balance, estimating pollutant loads, and quantifying sediment yield and delivery ratio.

2013 Indice de la faim dans le monde : Le défi de la faim : Construire la résilience pour une sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle durable

Journal Articles & Books
December 2013
Caribbean
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Asia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
youth
land degradation
natural resources management
sustainable development
climate change
environment
water management
natural disasters
land policies
sustainable land management

L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2013 (GHI), élaboré à partir de données couvrant la période 2008-2012, montre que le niveau de la faim dans le monde s’est amélioré depuis 1990, diminuant d’un tiers.

Impact of rainwater harvesting on water resources of the modder river basin, central region of South Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December 2013
South Africa
Southern Africa
land use
farmers

Along the path of water flowing in a river basin are many water-related human interventions that modify the natural systems. Rainwater harvesting is one such intervention that involves collecting and use of surface runoff for different purpose in the upstream catchment.

A framework for coupling land use and hydrological modelling for management of ecosystem services

Journal Articles & Books
December 2013
South Africa
Southern Africa
water management

It is well known that land-use changes influence the hydrological cycle and that those changes in the hydrological cycle influence land use. The sophisticated spatial dynamic planning tools that have been developed in the last decades to support policy makers in the decision making process do not take into account the mutual feedbacks between land use and hydrology.