| 项目编号: | NE/L00187X/1
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| 项目名称: | Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa (BRAVE) |
| 作者: | Emily Catherine Black
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| 承担单位: | University of Reading
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| 批准年: | 2012
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| 开始日期: | 2013-01-07
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| 结束日期: | 2014-30-06
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| 资助金额: | GBP45045
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| 资助来源: | UK-NERC
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| 项目类别: | Research Grant
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| 国家: | UK
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Agri-environmental science 
; (15%)
; Climate & Climate Change 
; (40%)
; Development studies 
; (15%)
; Geosciences 
; (30%)
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| 英文摘要: | Africa's population is growing rapidly and is expected to increase by over 150% between 2000 and 2050. This will result in an increased demand for water. Groundwater has been identified as having the potential to meet much of the growing water requirements for domestic use, food production and other productive uses, especially as it is seen as being more resilient to climate variability than surface water resources. However, it is recognised that in large regions of Africa where the groundwater store is relatively small there may be occasions when extended periods of low groundwater recharge result in water shortages.
As groundwater is being promoted as a means to address Africa's future water supply needs, further research is crucial to study the potential vulnerability of communities that become more reliant on these low storage aquifers. This will allow better decisions to be made when planning groundwater development. The BRAVE project (Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa) aims to take advantage of recent developments in models of climate, the land surface and groundwater to improve the understanding of how these groundwater resources are affected by climate variability, under present and future climate, and by changes in land use and water demand. A key element of the project is to ensure that the output from the model is in a form that addresses the questions being asked by those making decisions on water resource development.
The BRAVE project will use the River Volta Basin (RVB) in West Africa as a case study area, working in Burkina Faso and Ghana. It brings together a strong team of internationally-recognised meteorologists, hydrogeologists, land surface modellers and knowledge exchange experts, with extensive experience of working in Africa, and builds on recent NERC-funded research. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/102610
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| Appears in Collections: | 科学计划与规划
气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | University of Reading
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Emily Catherine Black. Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa (BRAVE). 2012-01-01.
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