Drought and households’ adaptive capacity to water scarcity in Kasali, Uganda
| العنوان: | Drought and households’ adaptive capacity to water scarcity in Kasali, Uganda |
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| المؤلفون: | Joseph Mukasa, Lydia A. Olaka, Mohammed Yahya Said |
| المصدر: | Journal of Water and Climate Change. 11:217-232 |
| بيانات النشر: | IWA Publishing, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Adaptive capacity, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, 0207 environmental engineering, 02 engineering and technology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 01 natural sciences, Water scarcity, Geography, 020701 environmental engineering, Water resource management, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Water Science and Technology |
| الوصف: | The world is experiencing variability in precipitation, increased temperature, drought frequencies and intensities. Globally, approximately four billion individuals experience water scarcity due to drought. In Uganda about 10% of the population in the southern and northern parts of the country experience drought related water scarcity annually. This study aimed at assessing drought and households’ adaptive capacity (AC) to water scarcity during drought in Kasali. This was done through determining drought trends from 1987 to 2017, assessing the impact of drought on water availability and the AC of households to manage water scarcity. Droughts were assessed based on the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI). The results show a decrease in the average annual rainfall, and the seasons of March-April-May (MAM), January-February (JF) while the seasons of September-October-November-December (SOND) and June-July-August (JJA) show an increase in rainfall trend. The average maximum and minimum annual and seasonal temperature increased significantly by between 0.56 and 1.51 °C. The minimum temperature increased more than the maximum temperature. Kasali experienced one extreme dry year and four moderate ones between 1987 and 2017. Above 70% of the households spend longer hours collecting water during dry years than wet years. The AC of households to water scarcity was low and drought negatively impacted water availability. |
| تدمد: | 2408-9354 2040-2244 |
| DOI: | 10.2166/wcc.2020.012 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::89ee14e5f1bd70b444dd189b9bc1699c https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2020.012 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........89ee14e5f1bd70b444dd189b9bc1699c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 24089354 20402244 |
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| DOI: | 10.2166/wcc.2020.012 |