Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape
| dc.contributor.author | Mukheibir, Pierre | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-05T08:14:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-05T08:14:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-03T08:18:02Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper considers existing coping strategies in times of climate variability and proposes long term strategies for dealing with future projected climate change and variability. A qualitative strategy assessment methodology is proposed and tested for climate conditions in the Northern Cape. The analysis of the results suggests that dry sanitation, education projects and tariff structures are identified as being the most useful strategies. Key factors which were perceived to inhibit the implementation of appropriate drought adaptation strategies are the lack of local capacity and the low financial resource base to cover the capital and running costs of most of the strategies. With the likelihood of increased future rainfall variability, it is important that planners and decision-makers take into account the effects of climate change and variability on water resources. In so doing, they need to adopt sustainable water supply and demand solutions for the longer term. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mukheibir, P. (2007). Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape. <i>Water SA</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16800 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mukheibir, Pierre "Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape." <i>Water SA</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16800 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mukheibir, P. (2007) Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape, South Africa Water SA, Vol 33 (4): 575-581 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0378-4738 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Mukheibir, Pierre AB - This paper considers existing coping strategies in times of climate variability and proposes long term strategies for dealing with future projected climate change and variability. A qualitative strategy assessment methodology is proposed and tested for climate conditions in the Northern Cape. The analysis of the results suggests that dry sanitation, education projects and tariff structures are identified as being the most useful strategies. Key factors which were perceived to inhibit the implementation of appropriate drought adaptation strategies are the lack of local capacity and the low financial resource base to cover the capital and running costs of most of the strategies. With the likelihood of increased future rainfall variability, it is important that planners and decision-makers take into account the effects of climate change and variability on water resources. In so doing, they need to adopt sustainable water supply and demand solutions for the longer term. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Water SA LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 0378-4738 T1 - Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape TI - Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16800 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16800 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mukheibir P. Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape. Water SA. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16800. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Water Research Commission | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Energy Research Centre | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Water SA | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Climatic changes | |
| dc.subject.other | Water security | |
| dc.subject.other | Drought management--Northern Cape (South Africa) | |
| dc.title | Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | climate change | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | climate variability | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | water resource management | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | Northern Cape | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |