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Morocco is a Mediterranean country facing water resources scarcity due to arid and semi-arid conditions, aggravated by the global climatic changes. In this paper, long term past trends of stream flow in relation to climatic data were studied in four sub-basins of the Sebou basin in northern Morocco. A hydrologic simulation was performed on one of the sub-basins using the IHACRES and HEC-HMS models. Over the last five decades, stream flow and precipitation data showed a cyclic trends as well...
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This chapter is part of a book that provides a detailed comparative analysis of the vocational training systems in 10 different countries, based on the results of a research project undertaken between 2005 and 2007. The analytical perspective adopted investigated the organising principles of each national vocational training system, its links with general education, further training and the labour market, and the strengths and weaknesses of each system. Innovations introduced over the past...
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On March 20th, 2006, a moderate earthquake (Mw = 5.2) struck the Laalam (NE-Algeria). The damage was centred in the Laalam village where four deaths, 68 injured and more than 40 housing units destroyed making dozens of peoples homeless. Damage and casualties are directly related to an earthquake-induced landslide occurred at 10 km far from the epicenter (ISC relocation). The landslide rupture, mapped by using a ground based survey, is striking NE-SW along a 1-km length rupture with a 45 cm...
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The coastal basin of Benin covers 12377 km² of the transboundary aquifer system shared by Benin, Nigeria and Togo. Groundwater is the mean water supply source of a population approximately estimated by 4 million inhabitants. Population rapid growth with the rate of 4.5% induces extension of human settlements which interaction with climate variability affect groundwater quality. Statistical analyses were used to highlight observed climate change. Seasonal analysis of 40 shallow and deep...
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Nakon uvodnog dijela u kojem se analiziraju relevantni demografski pokazatelji nerazvijenih zemalja, u radu se govori o položaju obrazovanja u istim drustvima. Detaljnije se raspravlja o obilježjima odgoja i obrazovanja u Keniji, a rađene su i usporedbe s drugim nerazvijenim zemljama. U drugom dijelu rada naglasak je na problematici ranog i predskolskog odgoja i obrazovanja u nerazvijenim zemljama. Pritom se iznose osobna iskustva i impresije koje su se stekle volontirajuci u radu misije...
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Surveys by the Universities of Wuerzburg and Berlin, starting in the 1970´s have revealed the existence of palaeolakes in remote areas in Niger. Initial research has shown that the sediments found are suitable for reconstructing its late quaternary palaeoenvironment. Although a high number of investigations focused on the succession of climatological conditions in the Central Sahara, some uncertainties still exist as the results show discontinuities and mostly are of low temporal and spatial...
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Both South Africa’s labour market and education system were directly influenced by the separate development policies of the apartheid regime. To this day, great inequalities persist in both domains. South Africa’s performance in standardized international test scores (such as TIMMS) is poor even relative to most developing countries. Furthermore, the better quality of outcomes in former white schools still leaves learners from former black schools at a disadvantage that feeds through to...
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Over the past decade, South African and Namibian governments have initiated processes of water-sector reform via new legislation (RSA, 1998; GRN, 2004), designed to promote increased equity, efficiency and economic and environmental sustainability of water resources. These objectives correspond to those of the discourse of integrated water resource management (Heyns, 2005; Woodhouse, 2008). Institutional reform is a key feature of the recent legislation. Participatory institutions are...
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Food security and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa have long been affected by variations in the weather. Vulnerability to these hazards, along with economic shocks and an adverse political environment, is often uneven in a community. Some individuals and households are more susceptible to emergencies or crises than others, and thus determining who is most vulnerable are and how they are responding to a shock or crises is essential to understand the impact on food security. Daily, quantitative...
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As science has revealed the speed and scope of climate change, we have begun to realize that it holds potentially serious implications for international security. Climate change—by redrawing the maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence, and coastal boundaries—could increase forced migration, raise tensions, and trigger new conflicts.