African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title▲	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84865385739	Local storages: The impact on hydrology and implications for policy making in irrigation systems	Cai X., Cui Y., Dai J., Luo Y.	2012	Water International	37	4	10.1080/02508060.2012.707380	Southern African Office, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa; State ...	Cai, X., Southern African Office, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Afric...	OASIS, an irrigation diagnosis model, is applied to the Zhanghe Irrigation System in central Chin...	hydrology; irrigation; local storages; OASIS; water reuse	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84893877946	Impact study of the One Million Initiative rural water and sanitation programme in Mozambique	Godfrey S., Van Der Velden M., Muianga A., Vigh M., Gunning J.W., Elbers C.	2014	Waterlines	33	1	10.3362/1756-3488.2014.005	Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; UNICEF Mozamb...	Godfrey, S., Water and Environmental Sanitation Section, UNICEF Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; ...	This paper presents the findings of a longitudinal study that measures the public health impact o...	DALY; Health impact; Multiple interventions; WASH impact study	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84885408544	Monitoring outcomes and impacts of capacity development in the water sector: A Cap-Net UNDP exper...	Gunawardana I., Leendertse K., Handoko W.	2013	Water Policy	15	SUPPL.2	10.2166/wp.2013.121	Cap-Net UNDP, Pretoria, South Africa; CK Net, IHE Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia	Gunawardana, I., Cap-Net UNDP, Pretoria, South Africa; Leendertse, K., Cap-Net UNDP, Pretoria, So...	Cap-Net UNDP is an international capacity development network for integrated water resources mana...	Capacity development; Evaluation; Impacts; Monitoring; Outcome	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-35348947921	Performance assessment and monitoring of water infrastructure: An empirical case study of benchma...	Mugisha S.	2007	Water Policy	9	5	10.2166/wp.2007.022	Institutional Development and External Services Division, National Water and Sewerage Corporation...	Mugisha, S., Institutional Development and External Services Division, National Water and Sewerag...	Performance monitoring and benchmarking are increasingly becoming vital performance drivers espec...	Benchmarking; Commercial orientation; Customer orientation; Monitoring; Stochastic frontier analy...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34250323557	Using internal incentive contracts to improve water utility performance: The case of Uganda's NWSC	Mugisha S., Berg S.V., Muhairwe W.T.	2007	Water Policy	9	3	10.2166/wp.2007.010	Institutional Development and Performance Management Expert, National Water and Sewerage Corporat...	Mugisha, S., Institutional Development and Performance Management Expert, National Water and Sewe...	The achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 requires significant managerial in...	Contracts; Incentives; Performance; Uganda; Water utility	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-69249122969	Living with dams: Managing the environmental impacts	McCartney M.	2009	Water Policy	11	None	10.2166/wp.2009.108	International Water Management Institute, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	McCartney, M., International Water Management Institute, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Dams, through disruption of physiochemical and biological processes, have water and associated en...	Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Environmental protection; Large dams	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84884260499	Evaluation of environmental pollution effects on domestic roof-harvested rainwater in Southern pa...	Akintola O.A., Sangodoyin A.Y., Agunbiade F.O.	2013	Water Practice and Technology	8	2	10.2166/wpt.2013.026	National Horticultural Research Institute of Nigeria, P.O. Box 29662, Secretariat Post Office, Id...	Akintola, O.A., National Horticultural Research Institute of Nigeria, P.O. Box 29662, Secretariat...	The effects of environmental factors, roof materials and age of roof on some metals usually found...	Atmospheric pollution; Domestic roof-harvested rainwater; Enrichment factor; Pollution load index...	Atmospheric pollution; Domestic roof-harvested rainwater; Enrichment factors; Pollution load indi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78751496282	Impact of a kraft pulp and paper mill effluent on phytoplankton and macroinvertebrates in River N...	Ojunga S., Masese F.O., Manyala J.O., Etiégni L., Onkware A.O., Senelwa K., Raburu P.O., Balozi B...	2010	Water Quality Research Journal of Canada	45	2	None	Department of Biological Science, Moi University, Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya; Department of Fisheri...	Ojunga, S., Department of Biological Science, Moi University, Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya; Masese, F...	Phytoplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages were used to assess the impact of a kraft pulp an...	Biomonitoring; Effluent; Macroinvertebrate; Nutrient; Pollution; Pulp and paper	Ammonia nitrogen; Biological indicators; Biomonitoring; Chironomus; Dry seasons; Effluent dischar...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-62649112701	Evaluation of plantain peelings ash extract as coagulant aid in the coagulation of colloidal part...	Oladoja N.A., Aliu Y.D.	2008	Water Quality Research Journal of Canada	43	03-Feb	None	Department of Chemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria	Oladoja, N.A., Department of Chemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria; Aliu,...	The use of plantain peelings ash extract (PPAE) as a coagulant aid in a low pH water was evaluate...	Alum; Ash; Coagulant; Plantain peel extract; Turbidity	Alum; Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Chemical compositions; Clay dispersion; Colloidal part...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84858078881	Metal sulphides from wastewater: Assessing the impact of supersaturation control strategies	Mokone T.P., van Hille R.P., Lewis A.E.	2012	Water Research	46	7	10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.027	Crystallization and Precipitation Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape To...	Mokone, T.P., Crystallization and Precipitation Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Univers...	Metal sulphide precipitation forms an important component of acid mine drainage remediation syste...	Acid mine drainage; Fluidised bed reactor; Metal sulphide precipitation; Particle characteristics...	Acid mine drainage; Fluidised bed; Particle characteristics; Solid-liquid separation; Supersatura...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84355162743	SANI ® process realizes sustainable saline sewage treatment: Steady state model-based evaluation ...	Lu H., Ekama G.A., Wu D., Feng J., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Chen G.-H.	2012	Water Research	46	2	10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.031	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Techno...	Lu, H., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science an...	A steady state model was developed for evaluating the sulfur cycle based SANI ® process. The mode...	Saline sewage; Saline water supply; SANI ® pilot system; Steady state model	Anaerobic hydrolysis; Autotrophic denitrification; Bioprocesses; Experimental data; Hydraulic ret...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-67649993924	Steady-state model-based evaluation of sulfate reduction, autotrophic denitrification and nitrifi...	Lu H., Wang J., Li S., Chen G.-H., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Ekama G.A.	2009	Water Research	43	14	10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.013	Department of Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water ...	Lu, H., Department of Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clea...	Recently we developed a process for wastewater treatment in places where part of the fresh water ...	Nitrogen removal; Saline sewage; SANI process; Seawater; Sulfate reduction; Wastewater	Anaerobic sludge; Autotrophic denitrification; Charge balances; COD removal; Dissolved sulfide; F...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920079579	Financial viability of groundwater irrigation and its impact on livelihoods of smallholder farmer...	Hagos F., Mamo K.	2014	Water Resources and Economics	7	None	10.1016/j.wre.2014.08.001	International Water Management Institute, Nile Basin and East Africa sub-Regional office, P.O.Box...	Hagos, F., International Water Management Institute, Nile Basin and East Africa sub-Regional offi...	This paper examines the economics of groundwater irrigation and its impact on livelihood of small...	Ethiopia; Gini-coefficient; Groundwater irrigation; NPV; Poverty analysis; Propensity score matching	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947563361	Technical and institutional attributes constraining the performance of small-scale irrigation in ...	Amede T.	2015	Water Resources and Rural Development	6	None	10.1016/j.wrr.2014.10.005	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, Kenya	Amede, T., International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, K...	Small-scale irrigation is playing an important role in adapting to climate change, achieving food...	Communities; Incentives; Irrigation management; Productivity; Water	agricultural application; crop production; incentive; infrastructural development; irrigation sys...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947556170	Performance of small reservoir irrigated schemes in the Upper Volta basin: Case studies in Burkin...	Poussin J.-C., Renaudin L., Adogoba D., Sanon A., Tazen F., Dogbe W., Fusillier J.-L., Barbier B....	2015	Water Resources and Rural Development	6	None	10.1016/j.wrr.2015.05.001	IRD, UMR G-EAU, 361, rue J.F. Breton, B.P. 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France; CIRAD, UMR G-EAU, 3...	Poussin, J.-C., IRD, UMR G-EAU, 361, rue J.F. Breton, B.P. 5095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France; Ren...	A major direct use of water from West African small reservoirs is irrigation. Analyzing the perfo...	Irrigated crops; IWRM; Participatory approach; Sub Saharan Africa	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952239651	Evaluation of three numerical weather prediction models for short and medium range agrohydrologic...	Ghile Y.B., Schulze R.E.	2010	Water Resources Management	24	5	10.1007/s11269-009-9483-5	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002...	Ghile, Y.B., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amhe...	The skill and accuracy of the quantitative precipitation forecasts by CCAM, UM and NCEP-MRF model...	ACRU; NWP models; Streamflow forecasting	Hydrological condition; Leadtime; Medium range; Numerical weather prediction models; NWP model; O...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-55549100291	Hydrological impacts of flood storage and management on irrigation water abstraction in upper Ewa...	Ngigi S.N., Savenije H.H.G., Gichuki F.N.	2008	Water Resources Management	22	12	10.1007/s11269-008-9257-5	Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-006...	Ngigi, S.N., Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, University of Nairobi, P.O. ...	The upper Ewaso Ng'iro basin, which starts from the central highlands of Kenya and stretches nort...	Flood storage; Low river flows; River basin water resources management; River water withdrawals; ...	Abstracting; Curing; Digital signal processing; Drought; Evaporative cooling systems; Flow of wat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-48349130533	Water resources management strategies for adaptation to climate-induced impacts in South Africa	Mukheibir P.	2008	Water Resources Management	22	9	10.1007/s11269-007-9224-6	Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa	Mukheibir, P., Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa	This paper focuses on the development of a framework for strategy considerations for water resour...	Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; South Africa; Water resources management	Climate change; Competition; Drought; Information management; Knowledge management; Strategic pla...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920708383	Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Small-Scale Sprinkler Irrigation Systems Using Grey Relational Analysis	Tu Q., Li H., Wang X., Chen C., Luo Y., Dwomoh F.A.	2014	Water Resources Management	28	13	10.1007/s11269-014-0765-1	Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road...	Tu, Q., Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xu...	The technical and socioeconomic evaluation of small-scale sprinkler irrigation systems is a multi...	Evaluation; Grey relational analysis; Irrigation system; Life cycle cost; Multi-criteria analysis	Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economics; Energy utilization; Hose; Irrigation; Life cycle; Evalua...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84873747198	Using Large Climate Ensembles to Plan for the Hydrological Impact of Climate Change in the Freshw...	Fung F., Watts G., Lopez A., Orr H.G., New M., Extence C.	2013	Water Resources Management	27	4	10.1007/s11269-012-0080-7	Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Geography and the Environment, University o...	Fung, F., Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Geography and the Environment, Un...	We explore the use of large ensembles of climate scenarios to inform climate change adaptation in...	Climate change; Decision making; Large ensembles; Macro-invertebrate response; Modelling; River e...	Climate change adaptation; Climate scenarios; Decision makers; England; Freshwater ecosystem; Fre...	None	View

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