Essays about: "rain harvesting"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words rain harvesting.

  1. 16. Renewable energy – and water system in South Africa, as part of RDP-housing projects. Economical, technical and ecological comparison

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Clara Norell; [2010]
    Keywords : Sustainable; Housing; Ecological; Economical; Social; Technical; Urban; development;

    Abstract : SammanfattningDenna studie syftar till att undersöka tekniska möjligheter, kunskaper samtviljan till ett byggande för hållbar utveckling i SydafrikaFörfattaren har genom MFS (mindre fältstudie) undersökt möjligheternaför att skapa mer hållbara hus ekologiska hus, för att sedermera kunna skapa"ekobyar" istället för som det idag, fortfarande byggs enligt den förlegadeapartheidarkitekturens struktur; "one house one plot township".The Department of Housing har sedan 1994 byggt över 2. READ MORE

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. 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

  5. 19. Bättre åtkomst till avverkningstrakter med anpassat marktryck från avverkningsmaskinerna

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Erik Andersson; [2010]
    Keywords : maskinval; körskador; spårdjup; kompaktering; konindex;

    Abstract : The global climate-change means increasing mean-temperature and higher precipitation in Sweden, which leads to shorter periods of frozen ground in the forest. At the same time the harvesting machines are getting bigger and more powerful. The forest industry aim at an even wood flow, and the ground damage has to be as low as possible. READ MORE

  6. 20. Data resolution effects onwater resource planning andmanagement : The Kisumu – Lake Victoria region study

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Alexander Koutsouris; [2009]
    Keywords : Kenya; Lake Victoria; Kisumu; water management; water planning; Irrigation; Climate change; Agriculture; rain water harvesting;

    Abstract : In the Kisumu District, Kenya, unreliable rainfall pattern has been identified as one of the main causes for poverty in rural areas. The negative effects of such unreliable patterns could be mitigated through improved water resource management and planning. READ MORE