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L-01 - Field Survey Manual- Landform, Soil, Soil Erosion, Land Use and Cover
This Field Survey Manual has been produced by the SWALIM (Somalia Water and Land Information Management System) Land Team as a guide to concepts and tools in carrying out field land resource surveys. It is intended for use in both Somaliland and Southern Somalia, the two main foci areas of the present SWALIM Project. However, it may be used by any professional and/or institution dealing with land resource inventories.
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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)
African E-markets, Information and economic development
Written by a select group of African academics, policy makers, researchers, and experts from various social and economic science disciplines, African E-Markets provides provocative insights and case studies on the role information plays in African development. Up-to-date research and analysis on the impact of various forms of information on the development process is presented, including e-economic development and its impact on economic growth. Calling for greater attention to be paid to information as a key sector in national economic development, this exploration of African economics cites the advantages of better statistical data and geographic information for more effective economic planning, management, and forecasting in the digital age.
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Economic Commision for Africa, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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Puntland State for Water, Energy and Natural Resources Corporation
L-05 Soil survey of a selected study area in Somaliland
Since the start of the war in 1991, no soil surveys have been undertaken and available soil data produced by SOGREAH has been lost, including maps showing spatial variability of soils.In view of the foregoing, and considering future planning activities in Somalia, there is a need to generate baseline data that provides an accurate reflection of the current status of natural resources. SWALIM conducted a soil survey using a combination of modern and conventional approaches (to overcome the various constraints within the study area) to map spatial variability of soils as a primary input to land suitability and land degradation assessment ,oriented towards a variety of users.
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W-07 Urban Water Supply Assessment
A technical assessment of the water sources was carried based on the Somalia Water Sources Information Management – SWIMS SoftwareThe data and information collected during these assessment included maps of water supply systems for each town surveyed showing each water source
(boreholes only), storage tanks, and layout of pipes network, water kiosks, water vendors,and utilities capacity. The water market information needed for analysing water affordability, including assessment of commodity and willingness to pay for improved services, operation and maintenance cost and the social and economic benefits compared to the investment value were established .
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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)
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Water and Sanitation Program
Hydrogeological report on 8 borehoes in Central and Southern Somalia
The hydro-geological survey and drilling 8 boreholes aims to improve the availability of water in areas identified as high priority and those having acute shortage of water supply. These include areas of settlement of vulnerable groups such as returnees, IDPs and pastoral population in drought stricken regions of Somalia
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Awale Drilling Company and Engineering Contractors
W-06 Somalia Water Sources Information Management System
SWIMS is a tool designed to build an inventory of water sources in Somalia that will allow a basic characterization of the sources in terms of physical, socio-economic and management practices.The purpose of this field guide is to ensure a common approach to collecting data in the field is employed by all users of SWIMS. This is the critical first step to ensuring data quality and consistency both across and within the data sets housed in SWIMS
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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)
Somalia water sources information management system(SWIMS)software guide
The Somalia Water Sources Information Management System (SWIMS) is a data management software developed by the Somalia Water and Land Information Management project (SWALIM). The software provides a link to the agencies working in different regions in Somalia towards developing a water sources inventory for the entire country.
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Somalia Water Sources Information Management System(SWIMS)
The purpose of the Somalia Water Information Management System (SWIMS) is to provide a mechanism for constructing and maintaining an inventory of Water Sources in Somalia to
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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)
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Geomatec Engineering and Management
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Centre for Development and Environment
Approaches to private participation in Water services: A toolkit
(Extract from the preface)Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services will aid governments in developing countries that are interested in private participation in water supply and sanitation. Written for an audience that includes officials, consultants, and donors, the toolkit illustrates options for the design of policies that facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor and discusses the main advantages and disadvantages of the options. Among other things, it discusses stake- holder consultationthe trade-offs among tariffs, subsidies, and service standardsthe allocation of risks and responsibilitiesand the selection of the operator. In addition to nine chapters that set out and analyze options for private participation, the toolkit includes an appendix of examples that illustrate the choices made by sixteen governments, a spreadsheet-based policy simulation model that illustrates three of the issues discussed in the text (stakeholder analysis, balancing tariffs and service standards, and the allocation of risk), and a CD-ROM that includes documents that offer different perspectives and more detailed advice.
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World Bank,United Nations International Childrens Education Fund,Public-Private Infrustructure advisory Facility
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Danish International Development Assistance
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Environmental Study of Degradation in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau, Sanaag Region of Northern Somalia
This report contains comprehensive qualitative and quantitative study of enviromental degradation in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau of Sanaag Region in the Northern Somalia.The report was commissioned by Horn Relief in recognition of the environmental factors contribuiting to the over four year drought(2000-2004) in the Gebi Valley and Sool Plateau ecological zones. This report provides baseline data for monitoring of environmental change in the areas and information for developing appropriate programs to address environmental degradation and desertification in the areas
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Horn Relief,Oxfam Netherlands
FAO SWALIM water sources Maps
A map of somalia on ICRC water sources interventions as at January 2006 . Also in the map are UNICEF initiated health facilities as at that date.
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Somalia Water and Land Information Management, Nairobi (Kenya)
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Water from dry riverbeds: How riverbeds can be turned into water sourcesby hand-dug wells and sand dams
Water from dry riverbeds as a hands on manual provides the requisite insights and information on how surface runoff that is released into seasonal rivers as flash floods can be harnessed and abstracted through appropriate technologies such as hand dug wells, weirs and sand storage dams (sand and subsurface dams). This hands-on handbook begins with a historical perspective/background information on sandy riverbeds as reservoirs of good quality water and then goes on to look into the survey and design considerations required before constructing hand dug wells, weirs and sand storage dams (sand and subsurface dams). This manual has also addressed the concern over when to develop these water sources by giving the suitable seasons for surveys and construction works. The latter information is important because experiences from emergency relief operations in the arid lands of Kenya (i.e. Turkana) have showed that the construction of sand storage dams in times of drought cannot provide the badly needed water to water deficit areas. Instead, these dams should be developed with a view to being recharged during the rainy season and utilized in subsequent dry spells.
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