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African Floodplains in semi-arid areas are important for local livelihoods as they harbor many common-pool resources such as fisheries, pasture, wildlife, veldt products, water and land for irrigation. However, in many of these areas resources are under pressure. This book is presenting seven case studies from Mali, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana based on anthropological fieldwork (2002-08) and explores how these common-pool resources have been managed in pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial times. The major focus of the study is how institutional change has contributed to resource management problems and offers a comparative analysis based on the New Institutionalist approach (Jean Ensminger, Elinor Ostrom), which is combined with a special focus on ideology, discourse and narratives while focusing on conflict and power issues. With a foreword by Elinor Ostrom . This book has received the Environmental Research Award 2011 of the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Floodplain management -- Africa. --- Water resources development -- Africa. --- Water resources development --- Floodplain management --- Business & Economics --- Agricultural Economics --- Flood plain management --- Management of flood plains --- Management of floodplains --- Floodplains --- Watershed management --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- E-books --- Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution --- Economic geography --- Africa

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How can Africa´s finite water and land resources be managed sustainably under the influence of Global Change so as to meet the growing needs of humans in ways that avert the looming crisis? The need to find answers to this question has taxed the brains of many scientists who recognize the urgency of these problems. The pressing water problems must clearly be tackled from an integrated perspective, taking into account environmental, human and technological factors and in particular their inter-dependence. This is the approach adopted by the German GLOWA-IMPETUS project and presented in this book. It is based on the wealth of research results gained in two representative African watersheds: the Ouémé catchment in Benin and the Drâa catchment in Morocco. Interdisciplinary, application-oriented tasks were accomplished with the help of a unique mix of scientists from the social sciences, natural sciences, agricultural science and medicine. The book is organized as follows: Part I deals with the fundamentals and process understanding regarding all major aspects of the hydrological cycle. Part I forms the basis of Part II of the book, which focuses on future climate and socio-economic projections and on the decision support for the sustainable management of natural resources.

Climatic changes -- Africa. --- Hydrology -- Africa. --- Water resources development -- Africa. --- Hydrology --- Global environmental change --- Water-supply --- Water in agriculture --- Geography --- Physical Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Hydrologic cycle --- Water --- Climatic changes --- Pollution --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Cycle, Hydrologic --- Hydrological cycle --- Water cycle --- Environmental aspects --- Earth sciences. --- Climate change. --- Hydrogeology. --- Medicine. --- Agriculture. --- Demography. --- Earth Sciences. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Climate Change. --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Cycles --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Climatic changes. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Historical demography --- Social sciences --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Health Workforce --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Groundwater