The Volta River Basin

Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction Timothy O. Williams, Marloes L. Mul, Charles Biney and Vladimir Smakhtin Part 2: Basin Resources: Trends, Drivers and Status 2. Socioeconomic Status, Trends and Drivers of Change Shashidhara Kolavalli and Timothy O. Williams 3. Surface Water Resources of the Volta Basin Marloes L. Mul, Raymond A. Kasei and Matthew McCartney 4. Groundwater Resources of the Volta Basin Emmanuel Obuobie, Boubacar Barry and William Agyekum 5. Climate Variability and Change over the Volta River Basin Mouhamadou B. Sylla, Frank O. Annor, Raymond A. Kasei and Mamadou L. Mbaye 6. Managing Floods and Droughts Raymond A. Kasei, Barnabas Amisigo and Marloes L. Mul Part 3: People, Policies and Institutions 7. Poverty, Vulnerability and Livelihoods in the Volta Basin: A Gendered Analysis Amy Sullivan, Elsie Odonkor and Nicoline de Haan 8. Water Governance in the Volta Basin Ben Ampomah, Winston Andah and Charles Biney Part 4: Challenges and Opportunities in the Use of Water Resources 9. Improving Agriculture and Food Security in the Volta Basin Augustine Ayantunde, Pamela G. Katic, Olufunke Cofie and Edward K. Abban 10. Urban and Industrial Development Daniel Van Rooijen, Ben Ampomah, Josiane Nikiema, Yacouba Noel Coulibaly and Lydie Yiougo 11. Water-Food-Energy Nexus and Hydropower Development Emmanuel O. Bekoe, Winston Andah, Frederick Y. Logah and Bedru B. Balana Part 5: Balancing Development and Nature 12. Ecosystem Services in the Volta Basin Fred Kizito and Bedru B. Balana 13. Environmental Flow Requirements in the Volta Basin Marloes L. Mul and Yongxuan Gao 14. Water Quality and Public Health Chris Gordon, Adelina Mensah, Josiane Nikiema and Pay Drechsel 15. Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in the Volta River Basin Timothy O. Williams, Jennie Barron and Olufunke Cofie Part 6: Governance and Livelihoods 16. Simulating Current and Future Volta Basin Water Development Scenarios Aditya Sood, Ousmane Seidou, Gerald Forkuor, Frank O. Annor and Matthew McCartney