CGSpaceA Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs
    View Item 
    •   CGSpace Home
    • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    • IWMI Book Chapters
    • View Item
       
    • CGSpace Home
    • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    • IWMI Book Chapters
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Thirsty cities: the urban water footprint and the peri-urban interface, a four city case study from West Africa

    Thumbnail
    
    Authors
    Drechsel, Pay
    Cofie, Olufunke O.
    Amoah, Philip
    Date
    2014
    Language
    en
    Type
    Book Chapter
    Accessibility
    Limited Access
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Share
    Citation
    Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke; Amoah, Philip. 2014. Thirsty cities: the urban water footprint and the peri-urban interface, a four city case study from West Africa. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.113-120. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65308
    Abstract/Description
    Urbanisation is increasingly affecting inter-sectoral water allocations. This paper looks beyond physical water transfers at the larger urban water footprint and how much it is affecting the urban periphery in the case of four cities in West Africa (Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Ouagadougou). The results showed a water footprint variation between 892 and 1,280 m3/capita/year for these four cities based on actual and virtual water flows. The virtual flow through the food chain is outscoring actual domestic water consumption by a factor of 40–60 and using water resources far beyond the peri-urban interphase. However, the picture is changing with consideration of the grey water footprint. Due to limited wastewater treatment, peri-urban areas are the hot spots of water pollution diminishing their fresh water resources. The fresh water affected by the urban return flow easily doubles the overall urban water footprint. Improved on-site sanitation, especially with water saving and urine and excreta separating toilets would have a significant positive impact on the quality and quantity of the urban water footprint given that actual water availability is limiting large scale sewer connections for final wastewater treatment.
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Water, Land and Ecosystems
    Subjects
    WATER FOOTPRINT; URBANIZATION; PERIURBAN AREAS; VIRTUAL WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WATER; WATER USE; HOUSEHOLDS; CASE STUDIES;
    Regions
    AFRICA; WEST AFRICA
    Collections
    • Recovering and Reusing Resources in Urbanized Ecosystems [141]
    • IWMI Book Chapters [1380]

    AboutPrivacy PolicySend Feedback
     

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Browse

    All of CGSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesBy AGROVOC keywordBy ILRI subjectBy CPWF subjectBy CCAFS subjectBy CIFOR subjectBy IWMI subjectBy RegionBy CountryBy SubregionBy CRP subjectBy River basinBy Output typeBy CTA subjectBy WLE subjectBy Bioversity subjectBy CIAT subjectBy CIP subjectBy animal breedBy CGIAR System subjectThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesBy AGROVOC keywordBy ILRI subjectBy CPWF subjectBy CCAFS subjectBy CIFOR subjectBy IWMI subjectBy RegionBy CountryBy SubregionBy CRP subjectBy River basinBy Output typeBy CTA subjectBy WLE subjectBy Bioversity subjectBy CIAT subjectBy CIP subjectBy animal breedBy CGIAR System subject

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    AboutPrivacy PolicySend Feedback