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A review of aspects of hydrological sciences research in Africa over the past decade
- Source :
- Hydrological Sciences Journal, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2015, 60 (11), pp.1865--1879. ⟨10.1080/02626667.2015.1072276⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2015.
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Abstract
- International audience; This review assesses the potential of the African continent to contribute to the three main targets of the new science decade of IAHS (Panta Rhei): understanding, estimation and prediction, and science in practice. The continent has an extremely diverse climate and physical environment, and is faced with many problems in the interaction between hydrology and society. While inadequate financial and institutional resources often constrain the pursuit of high-level scientific research, there is substantial hydrological research capacity within Africa. The topics covered over the past decade have partly anticipated some of the research themes adopted as part of the Panta Rhei initiative. African hydrological scientists should therefore be in a better position to make future contributions, largely because their research is already grounded in applications linked to societal needs. Some of the papers reviewed and included in the special issue of Hydrological Sciences Journal introduced in this paper reflect international partnerships, while others reflect emerging partnerships between institutions within Africa. Editor M Acreman
- Subjects :
- Estimation
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Climate change
Afrique
13. Climate action
Research capacity
Political science
hydrological science
Africa
Regional science
Position (finance)
Panta Rhei
Physical geography
[SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology
science hydrologique
Water Science and Technology
Diversity (politics)
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Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02626667
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hydrological Sciences Journal, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2015, 60 (11), pp.1865--1879. ⟨10.1080/02626667.2015.1072276⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f808816943b42ebf0f17f4492971af1b