- Tytuł:
- Problems and options of integrated water resources management in Nigeria: administrative constraints and policy strategies
- Autorzy:
- Nwankwoala, H.O.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/11590.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2014
- Wydawca:
- Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
- Tematy:
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water resource
water resource management
Nigeria
water policy
policy strategy
sustainability
water utilization - Opis:
- Nigeria has greater challenges when it comes to water development and management. The current water resources development and supply status is unacceptably low and needs a major transformation. With the rapid growth in population, urbanization, industrialization and competition for economic development, water resource has become vulnerable to depletion and degradation. Management of this valuable resource is determined by its acceptability and utilization in terms of quantity and quality. Due to imbalance between demand and availability, management approaches are facing various ethical dilemas. This paper therefore considers the water supply and sanitation situation in the country and the challenges facing the sector. The paper calls for institutional reforms and review of policy targets, define key elements for the development of action and investment plans as well as provide some guidelines in order to minimize duplication and maximize effectiveness. The paper also suggested strategies and viable framework/agenda for sustainable water supply and emphasizes that the machinery of water resources development and management needs an urgent overhauling with the aim of streamlining the overlapping functions of the various agencies that have operated the system up till now. More importantly, the paper suggested integrated approaches/strategies for sustainable management as well as offers relevant policy recommendations for water resources management in Nigeria.
- Źródło:
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International Letters of Natural Sciences; 2014, 09
2300-9675 - Pojawia się w:
- International Letters of Natural Sciences
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki