Enhancing the climate resilience of Africa's infrastructure : the power and water sectors

Enhancing the climate resilience of Africa's infrastructure : the power and water sectors / Raffaello Cervigni, Rikard Liden, James E. Neumann, and Kenneth M. Strzepek, editors.

"This book evaluates-using for the first time a single consistent methodology and the state-of-the-arte climate scenarios-, the impacts of climate change on hydro-power and irrigation expansion plans in Africa's main rivers basins (Niger, Senegal, Volta, Congo, Nile, Zambezi, Orange); and...

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Main Authors: Cervigni, Raffaello (Author, Editor), Liden, Rikard (Author, Editor), Neumann, James E., 1962- (Author, Editor), Strzepek, Kenneth M. (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (sponsoring body.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2015]
Edition:Conference edition.
Series:Africa development forum.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Infrastructure (Economics) > Africa > Management > 21st century > Congresses.
Climatic changes > Africa > 21st century > Congresses.
Global warming > Africa > 21st century > Congresses.
Water-supply > Africa > Management > 21st century > Congresses.
Water resources development > Africa > 21st century > Congresses.
Energy industries > Africa > Management > 21st century > Congresses.
Resilience (Ecology) > Africa > Management > 21st century > Congresses.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Climatic changes
Energy industries > Management
Global warming
Infrastructure (Economics) > Management
Water resources development
Water-supply > Management
Africa
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Key Messages
  • Overview
  • 1. Africa's Water and Power Infrastructure
  • 2. Methodology
  • 3. Climate Change Projections in Africa
  • 4. Establishing a Reference Investment Scenario
  • 5. The Impacts of Climate Change on Infrastructure Performance
  • 6. Adaption to Climate Change in Planning Infrastructure
  • 7. Adaptation to Climate Change in Project Design
  • 8. Recommendations.

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