Social and Ecological System Dynamics
Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
Editors: Stave, Krystyna, Yemer, Goraw Goshu, Aynalem, Shimelis (Eds.)
Free Preview- Contributes to the theoretical literature about how to understand social-ecological system dynamics
- Presents both the social and ecological characteristics of the region and an integrated, system-wide perspective of the feedback links that shape social and ecological change in the basin
- Analyzes what is known about the basin in the context of the system’s issues, feedback mechanisms, and trends
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This book is a social—ecological system description and feedback analysis of the Lake Tana Basin, the headwater catchment of the Upper Blue Nile River. This basin is an important local, national, and international resource, and concern about its sustainable development is growing at many levels. Lake Tana Basin outflows of water, sediments, nutrients, and contaminants affect water that flows downstream in the Blue Nile across international boundaries into the Nile River; the lake and surrounding land have recently been proposed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; the basin has been designated as a key national economic growth corridor in the Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan. In spite of the Lake Tana Basin’s importance, there is no comprehensive, integrated, system-wide description of its characteristics and dynamics that can serve as a basis for its sustainable development. This book presents both the social and ecological characteristics of the region and an integrated, system-wide perspective of the feedback links that shape social and ecological change in the basin. Finally, it summarizes key research needs for sustainable development.
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Krystyna Stave, Ph.D., Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas, USAGoraw Goshu, Director, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaShimelis Aynalem, Research Associate, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Introduction: Regional Challenges and Policy Questions
Pages 3-8
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Problem Overview of the Lake Tana Basin
Pages 9-23
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System Dynamics as a Framework for Understanding Human—Environment Dynamics
Pages 25-36
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Bahir Dar and the Lake Tana Basin: Historical Phases of Growth and Ecology
Pages 37-48
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Climate of Lake Tana Basin
Pages 51-58
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Social and Ecological System Dynamics
- Book Subtitle
- Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
- Editors
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- Krystyna Stave
- Goraw Goshu Yemer
- Shimelis Aynalem
- Series Title
- AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-45755-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-45755-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-45753-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83365-1
- Series ISSN
- 2509-9787
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 652
- Number of Illustrations
- 22 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
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