Parched - The Cape Town Drought Story

AvGisela Kaiser

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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The book presents the history of water supply to Cape Town, leading up to the worst ever drought recorded, through political turmoil impacting on drought interventions and resulting in the adoption of an integrated water strategy. Regions reliant on water supply from rainfed dams have always been vulnerable to the impact of drought.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-27
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:558 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030788919

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Gisela Kaiser is an accomplished management executive and professional civil engineer with 30 years’ experience in development and management of infrastructure projects and programs within a wide range of sectors including local government, industrial development, higher education and retail. Her passion lies in sustainable development - building a future that is integrated; where complex solutions are not detrimental to distant stakeholders, and where development results in increased social justice, equality and environmental stewardship.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1, Introduction.- Chapter 2. Water Supply in Cape Town.- Chapter 3. Reconciliation strategy.- Chapter 4. Politics, trust and governance.- Chapter 5. The Drought.- Chapter 6. Reliance on rainfall, climate variability and climate change.- Chapter 7. The Water Resilience Programme.- Chapter 8. The New Water Programme.- Chapter 9. NWP: Managing dam levels.- Chapter 10. NWP: Managing Demand.- Chapter 11. NWP: Augmentation.- Chapter 12. Lessons learnt.- Chapter 13. Conclusion.