Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya

Improving Water Resources Development and Management

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ID20000971
AuthorsHEZRON MOGAKA (0000-0003-1375-5739), Samuel Gichere, Richard Davis (0000-0003-2109-7203), Rafik Hirji
Year2006
Pages105
Publication date2006-01-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueClimate variability and water resources degradation in Kenya (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe World Bank (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1596/978-0-8213-6517-5
OpenAlexW2127693084
Open LibraryOL3432075M
ISBN9780821365175
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDjyNHmgONtk0C
LanguageEN
Citations received6

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 Nino-La Nina episode from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14 percent of GDP during that period). During El Nino-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 Nina 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

Agricultural economics · Business · Climate change · Economics · Environmental degradation · Geography · Hydropower · Kenya · La Niña · Livestock · Meteorology · Natural resource economics · Precipitation · Water resource management · Water resources · Water supply · Water use · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water resources management and optimization · Africa · Climatic changes · Economic aspects · Management · Water resources development · Water-supply · Environmental Engineering · Forestry · Oceanography

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