Ciprian-Beniamin Benea – University of Oradea, Universitatii no.1, Oradea, Romania
Adina Sacara Onita – University of Oradea, Universitatii no.1, Oradea, Romania
Andra-Teodora Porumb – University of Oradea, Universitatii no.1, Oradea, Romania
Keywords: Access to water;
Colonial inheritance;
Dams;
Population;
Water stress
Abstract: This paper aims to bring to the European audience the importance of connections between water and climate change on the African continent; even though this continent could be regarded as somewhere in the southern hemisphere, the globalized world we already live in proves the contrary. In fact, it is very close to us. As population dynamics will put higher pressures on available natural resources in Africa, the migratory pressure from that continent, which already is felt on the European continent, not only could bring social or political upheavals there, but it could complicate the socio-economic equilibrium closer to us. Furthermore, in the context of climate change, there are needed some measures to be taken in order to prevent such a scenario from taking place. And among other key resources, the most important, which is related to everything, is water; the way it would be used in Africa and how would it be distributed could make a difference.
9th International Scientific ERAZ Conference – ERAZ 2023 – Conference Proceedings: KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, hybrid – online, virtually and in person, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1, 2023
ERAZ Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
ERAZ conference partners: Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia); University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia (Bulgaria); Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET), Research Laboratory of the Department of Political Science of University of Crete (Greece); Institute of Public Finance – Zagreb (Croatia); Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Ohrid, University of St. Kliment Ohridski from Bitola (North Macedonia)
ERAZ Conference 2023 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-72-1, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023
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Suggested citation
Benea, C. B., Onita, A. S., & Porumb, A. T. (2023). Africa, Water and Climate Change. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Conference Proceedings (pp. 455-462). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023.455
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