Southern Africa’s Hydro-Economy and Water Security

SAHEWS

Call

  • Freshwater

Project Website

Principal Investigator

Declan Conway, Water Security Research Centre, United Kingdom

Partners

Tim Osborn, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute, United States Willem Landman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa

Funders

  • NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), NRF (National Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

This research seeks to improve understanding of the drivers of short to medium term hydro-meteorological variability, its socioeconomic consequences and develop approaches for improved water resources management in the region under uncertainty. The collaboration addresses important knowledge gaps in water supply, demand and sharing, and in the application of research to the effective management of water security.

Call Objective

This call was created to address the following: - Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions; - Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers.

Region

  • Africa

Country

Duration

24 months

Call Date

2012

Project Award Date

2012