Essays about: "Rainwater harvesting"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 37 essays containing the words Rainwater harvesting.

  1. 26. The new premises of the Tanzanian orphanage Kichijo

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Jessica Ljung; Nina Andersson; [2011]
    Keywords : Tanzania Technical Prerequisites Building Programme I Aid Africa Kichijo; Byggnadsprogram Projektering Förutsättningar Tanzania Kichijo I Aid Africa;

    Abstract : In Boma Ng’ombe in the Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania lies an orphanage that is run by the organization KCJF. The orphanage is known as Kichijo and it is supported by the Swedish non-profit humanitarian organization I Aid Africa. READ MORE

  3. 27. Food security and food sufficiency in Ethiopia and eastern Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emelie Walsund; [2011]
    Keywords : matsäkerhet; naturgeografi; geografi; eastern Africa; Ethiopia; food sufficiency; food security; geography; physical geography; självförsörjning av mat; Etiopien; Östafrika; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Food insecurity is a major problem in the developing countries of the world, where sub- Saharan and eastern Africa is some of the most affected areas. With rapid population growth and lack of means to adapt to a changing climate, the region is in the danger zone for famine. READ MORE

  4. 28. Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Kenya : Reliability in a Variable and Changing Climate

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Nelly Aroka; [2010]
    Keywords : Rainwater Harvesting; Rural; Climate; Variability; Reliability;

    Abstract : In many parts of the tropics irregular and erratic rainfall has great national economic as well as socio-economic effects. In Kenya, where a large part of the population live in rural areas and rainfed agriculture is the main livelihood, droughts and floods have farreaching impacts on communities. READ MORE

  5. 29. Can Fog and Rain Harvesting Secure Safe Drinking Water in Rural Cameroon? – Case study of Bafou (mountainous) and Mora (low-lying) villages

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Zacharie Tite Mbomba Jiatsa; [2010]
    Keywords : Rainwater harvesting; fog harvesting; rural communities; Bafou; Mora; Cameroon.;

    Abstract : At the opposite of numerous countries in the world, despite its natural assets and its enormous surface and underground water potential, Cameroon is still trying to put down effective policies for the supply of safe drinking water for its rural population. Many initiatives to supply these communities through a national water distribution network have remained for the most dead letters or fruitless. READ MORE

  6. 30. Let it Rain - A Case Study of Community-based Water Management and Rainwater Harvesting in Bayoudah, Jordan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Hana Kolic; Astrid Ellefsen; [2010]
    Keywords : women; community-based organisation; community-based water management; Rainwater harvesting; water demand management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study on community-based water management and increased access to water through rainwater harvesting in rural Jordan. It also considers how women gain benefits through rainwater harvesting and their participation in community-based water management. READ MORE