Social and ecological system dynamics : characteristics, trends, and integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia

• Other Authors: Stave, Krystyna, (Editor), Goshu, Goraw, (Editor), Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: AESS interdisciplinary environmental studies and sciences series.
• Subjects: Environmental policy > Social aspects > Ethiopia > Tana, Lake.; Environmental protection > Ethiopia > Tana, Lake > Planning.; Environmental management > Ethiopia > Tana, Lake.; Human beings > Effect of environment on.; Tana, Lake (Ethiopia) > Environmental conditions.; Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan) > Environmental conditions.; Africa > Blue Nile River.; Ethiopia > Lake Tana.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319457550; 9783319457536
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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.