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Water and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Concepts and their Implications for Effective Water Resource Management in the Southern African Region

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Facing Global Environmental Change

Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 4))

Africa has 63 river basins that cross the international political borders demarcating the 48 countries making up the African continent (Pakenham 1991: 15).

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Ashton, P., Turton, A. (2009). Water and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Concepts and their Implications for Effective Water Resource Management in the Southern African Region. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Facing Global Environmental Change. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_50

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