Print Email Facebook Twitter Managing Basin Interdependencies in a Heterogeneous, Highly Utilized and Data Scarce River Basin in Semi-Arid Africa Title Managing Basin Interdependencies in a Heterogeneous, Highly Utilized and Data Scarce River Basin in Semi-Arid Africa: The case of the Pangani River Basin, Eastern Africa Author Kiptala, J.K. (TU Delft Water Resources) Contributor van der Zaag, P. (promotor) Mohamed, YA (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2016-10-13 Abstract For integrated water resources management both blue and green water resources in a river basin and their spatial and temporal distribution have to be considered. This is because green and blue water uses are interdependent. In sub-Saharan Africa, the upper landscapes are often dominated by rainfed and supplementary irrigated agriculture that rely on green water resources. Downstream, most blue water uses are confined to the river channels, mainly for hydropower and the environment. Over time and due to population growth and increased demands for food and energy, water use of both green and blue water has increased. This book provides a quantitative assessment of green-blue water use and their interactions. The book makes a novel contribution by developing a hydrological model that can quantify not only green but also blue water use by many smallholder farmers scattered throughout the landscape. The book provides an innovative framework for mapping ecological productivity where gross returns from water consumed in agricultural and natural vegetation are quantified. The book provides a multi-objective optimization analysis involving green and blue water users, including the environment. The book also assesses the uncertainty levels of using remote sensing data in water resource management at river basin scale. Subject Land use and land coverEvapotranspirationBiomassMODISRemote sensingReservoir operationSEBALWater productivityWater valueWater allocationSoil waterGreen waterRainfed agricultureSupplementary irrigationKilimanjaroArusha To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:156da0d0-086a-4a5c-b944-c7fe921e11c7 Publisher CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group ISBN 978-1-138-03609-3 Bibliographical note Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2016 J.K. Kiptala Files PDF 2016_UNESCO_IHE_PHD_THESI ... TALA_i.pdf 10.38 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:156da0d0-086a-4a5c-b944-c7fe921e11c7/datastream/OBJ/view