The Pangani River Basin in Tanzania as well as the Keiskamma River Catchment in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa serve as study regions for the project’s field work and knowledge gaining and implementation processes. Both teams analyse these regions with similar questions for reasons of comparability and thereby making use of the unique opportunities of Clim-A-Net.

 

Study regions

 

Pangani River Basin (Tanzania)

Keiskamma River Catchment (South Africa)

Team 1

Field research, modelling and scenario building of the regional conflict areas of:

  1. demand for agricultural land and preservation of natural forests;
  2. responses of forests and land uses to increasing aridity.

Field research modelling and scenario building of the impacts of:

  1. river impoundments on hillslope hydrological processes and functionality;
  2. Hydrological response to vegetation degradation and land use change

Team 2

Socio-economic studies on:

  1. local and regional adaptive capacities;
  2. availability of flexibility, resources, institutions and skills for change;
  3. Analysis and initiation of adaptation strategies

Socio-economic studies on:

  1. local and regional adaptive capacities;
  2. availability of flexibility, resources, institutions and skills for change;
  3. Analysis and initiation of adaptation strategies
Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 June 2011 12:14