Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia
The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered a major aid for those regions with unequal water distribution, limited accessibility and anticipated climate change impacts. Great attention is given by many SSA countries to set up different water storage schemes tha...
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World Scientific Publishing
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| author | Xenarios, Stefanos Polatidis, H. McCartney, Matthew P. Nemes, A. |
| author_browse | McCartney, Matthew P. Nemes, A. Polatidis, H. Xenarios, Stefanos |
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| description | The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered a major aid for those regions with unequal water distribution, limited accessibility and anticipated climate change impacts. Great attention is given by many SSA countries to set up different water storage schemes that may improve rural and urban development on a national level. The funding for the water storage schemes is often derived from foreign agencies which conduct feasibility studies for the financing of potential investments. Often however, the feasibility studies rely on a single monetary criterion which may not identify the most appropriate water storage in each case. In addition, limited data availability in many SSA countries increases the difficulty of identifying the most suitable storage option. This paper develops a multicriteria framework for the integrated evaluation of water storage strategies in Sub-Saharan African countries. A set of economic, agronomic and opinion-based criteria are assessed through the PROMETHEE II outranking approach. The introduction of crop modeling complements the limited field data available in agronomic criteria and enhances the scientific rigor of the method. Ethiopia is adopted as a representative case of SSA countries where a diverse set of water storage options is currently under construction, often financed by foreign agencies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace725932025-12-08T10:29:22Z Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia Xenarios, Stefanos Polatidis, H. McCartney, Matthew P. Nemes, A. water storage water quality waterborne diseases water productivity reservoir storage dams farmers households income The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is considered a major aid for those regions with unequal water distribution, limited accessibility and anticipated climate change impacts. Great attention is given by many SSA countries to set up different water storage schemes that may improve rural and urban development on a national level. The funding for the water storage schemes is often derived from foreign agencies which conduct feasibility studies for the financing of potential investments. Often however, the feasibility studies rely on a single monetary criterion which may not identify the most appropriate water storage in each case. In addition, limited data availability in many SSA countries increases the difficulty of identifying the most suitable storage option. This paper develops a multicriteria framework for the integrated evaluation of water storage strategies in Sub-Saharan African countries. A set of economic, agronomic and opinion-based criteria are assessed through the PROMETHEE II outranking approach. The introduction of crop modeling complements the limited field data available in agronomic criteria and enhances the scientific rigor of the method. Ethiopia is adopted as a representative case of SSA countries where a diverse set of water storage options is currently under construction, often financed by foreign agencies. 2015-12 2016-03-14T09:36:49Z 2016-03-14T09:36:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72593 en Limited Access World Scientific Publishing Xenarios, S.; Polatidis, H.; McCartney, Matthew; Nemes, A. 2015. Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia. Water Economics and Policy, 1(4):1-30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X15500125 |
| spellingShingle | water storage water quality waterborne diseases water productivity reservoir storage dams farmers households income Xenarios, Stefanos Polatidis, H. McCartney, Matthew P. Nemes, A. Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title | Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | developing a user based decision aid framework for water storage systems in sub saharan africa the sase of blue nile basin in ethiopia |
| topic | water storage water quality waterborne diseases water productivity reservoir storage dams farmers households income |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72593 |
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