Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa
Achieving water security has emerged as a major objective in Africa, yet an analytical or diagnostic framework for assessing water security in African countries is not known to exist. This paper applies one key dimension of the 2016 Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asian Water Development Outlook (AWD...
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| author | Holmatov, Bunyod Lautze, Jonathan F. Manthrithilake, Herath Makin, Ian |
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| description | Achieving water security has emerged as a major objective in Africa, yet an analytical or diagnostic framework for assessing water security in African countries is not known to exist. This paper applies one key dimension of the 2016 Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) to assess levels of water security for productive economies in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Economic aspects of water security cover four areas: economic activities in the broad sense, agriculture, electricity, and industry. Water security in each area is measured through application of a set of indicators; results of indicator application are then aggregated to determine economic water security at a country-level. Results show that economic water security in SADC is greatest in the Seychelles and South Africa, and lowest in Madagascar and Malawi. Opportunities for strengthening economic water security in the majority of SADC countries exist through improving agricultural water productivity, strengthening resilience, and expanding sustainable electricity generation. More profoundly, this paper suggests that there is clear potential and utility in applying approaches used elsewhere to assess economic water security in southern Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace963212025-04-04T04:46:24Z Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa Holmatov, Bunyod Lautze, Jonathan F. Manthrithilake, Herath Makin, Ian water security water productivity economic aspects agricultural production electricity generation industrial uses water resources water supply water stress drought resilience gross national product indicators sadc countries Achieving water security has emerged as a major objective in Africa, yet an analytical or diagnostic framework for assessing water security in African countries is not known to exist. This paper applies one key dimension of the 2016 Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) to assess levels of water security for productive economies in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Economic aspects of water security cover four areas: economic activities in the broad sense, agriculture, electricity, and industry. Water security in each area is measured through application of a set of indicators; results of indicator application are then aggregated to determine economic water security at a country-level. Results show that economic water security in SADC is greatest in the Seychelles and South Africa, and lowest in Madagascar and Malawi. Opportunities for strengthening economic water security in the majority of SADC countries exist through improving agricultural water productivity, strengthening resilience, and expanding sustainable electricity generation. More profoundly, this paper suggests that there is clear potential and utility in applying approaches used elsewhere to assess economic water security in southern Africa. 2017-08 2018-08-09T06:39:09Z 2018-08-09T06:39:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96321 en Limited Access Elsevier Holmatov, Bunyod; Lautze, Jonathan; Manthrithilake, Herath; Makin, Ian. 2017. Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 100:258-269. doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2017.04.007 |
| spellingShingle | water security water productivity economic aspects agricultural production electricity generation industrial uses water resources water supply water stress drought resilience gross national product indicators sadc countries Holmatov, Bunyod Lautze, Jonathan F. Manthrithilake, Herath Makin, Ian Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title | Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title_full | Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title_short | Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa |
| title_sort | water security for productive economies applying an assessment framework in southern africa |
| topic | water security water productivity economic aspects agricultural production electricity generation industrial uses water resources water supply water stress drought resilience gross national product indicators sadc countries |
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