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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"the Nile River"”.
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Assessing impacts of climate change on the hydrology of the Nile River
The human population living in the Nile basin is projected to double by 2050, approaching one billion. The increase in water demand associated with this burgeoning population fuels an ongoing water conflict between the riparian countries. Uncertainty regarding potential future changes in the flow …
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Competition and cooperation on the Nile River: a contemporary analysis of Ethiopian - Egyptian relations
In the past decade, Ethiopia has seen unprecedented economic growth as a result of its efforts to eradicate poverty through sustainable development. Ethiopia's recent construction of the 6,000 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile, a major tributary to the transboundary Nile River, …
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Model based assessment of potential impacts of climate change on the flow of the main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile Basins
… of potential impacts of climate change on the flow of the main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile basins (Under the direction of Dr. Richard Anyah).</p> <p>Spatially and temporally detailed assessment of the hydrologic processes of the main sources of the …
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Pursuing the common good : overcoming barriers to collective action through transboundary water negotiation along the Blue Nile River
… among countries that share transboundary rivers. At its core, transboundary water governance is a type of collective action problem (Olson 1965), in which sovereign actors must cooperate to achieve a collective interest. In this research, I attempt to delineate common procedural and …
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Building parallel to the Nile
This thesis will be an exploration of the issues of building in the Egyptian landscape. Human inhabitation of the Egyptian landscape has for many thousands of years been centred within the zone of the Nile River valley. In the past, this ribbon of arable land was able to support the food …
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Learning-Based Modeling of Weather and Climate Events Related To El Niño Phenomenon via Differentiable Programming and Empirical Decompositions
<p>This dissertation is the accumulation of the application of adaptive, empirical learning-based methods in the study and characterization of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. In specific, it focuses on ENSO’s effects on rainfall and drought conditions in two major regions shown to be linked …
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Estimating Sudan Nile Water Withdrawals During the 20th Century Using a Water Balance Approach
The Nile Basin boundaries define the catchment area for the longest river in the world, which is shared by 11 sovereign states, each with a varying amount of power in basin water negotiations. For several countries in the region experiencing rapid population growth, claiming a portion of shared …
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Optimal land and water allocation to agriculture and hydropower in the Upper Blue Nile basin
The Nile basin is an ecosystem under stress due to rapid population growth, urgent needs for more efficient utilization of natural resources, potential impacts of climate change, and persistent conflicts between riparian countries on the limited set of resources. This thesis develops a framework …
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“Caughnawaga Indians were taking part in one of the most dramatic episodes of history…”: Manufacturing Mohawk Nationalism on the Nile Expedition of 1884 – 1885
… Sudan, who was besieged by Islamic insurgents. The Nile Expedition, as it came to be known, included approximately four hundred Canadian civilians employed to transport troops and supplies down the Nile River. Through the participation of eighty Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) men, the Nile Expedition …
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The Interface between International and National Laws: The Role of National Water Laws and Institutions in Advancing the Implementation of and Compliance with International Obligations-A Nile Case Study
The purpose of this research is to develop a coherent analytical framework for assessing the nexus between international and national law - based on the proposed case study for the implementation of the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) in Ethiopia and Uganda; and in order to …
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Watering the St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring the Nexus between Socio-Economic and Hydro-Cultural Change
The town of St. Katherine is located in the mountainous and most water rich region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. This relative water abundance was a critical factor to the historical and cultural landscape that emerged there over the centuries. Past human settlements have left an intricate network of …
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Bayesian estimation of self-similarity exponent
Estimation of the self-similarity exponent has attracted growing interest in recent decades and became a research subject in various fields and disciplines. Real-world data exhibiting self-similar behavior and/or parametrized by self-similarity exponent (in particular Hurst exponent) have been …
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Adaptive governance of contested rivers : a political journey into the uncertain
Governance of international rivers is characterized by complex institutional arrangements aimed at minimizing uncertainty and making it difficult for participants to avoid their responsibilities. However, as new information emerges, new impacts of activities on rivers are identified, new …
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An evaluation of lake and river levels as indicators of climate variability in tropical Southern Africa
Southern Africa has only a few.large lakes, one of which is Lake Malawi. It forms part of the lower Zambezi River catchment and is part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Malawi plays a significant role in socio- economic development particularly in food production, health, energy, transport, …
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Deciphering multiple changes in complex climate time series using Bayesian inference
… time series are perceived as heterogeneities in the statistical or dynamical characteristics of the observations. Unraveling such transitions yields essential information for the understanding of the observed system’s intrinsic evolution and potential external influences. A precise detection of …
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Modernising bioarchaeological methods, a study of ancient egyptian periodontal health
The oral pathology profiles of ancient populations provide information about multiple elements of diet, general and oral health, and ways of life in the past. Periodontal disease, a pathology affecting both the soft and hard tissues of the mouth, is often included in the assessment of oral …
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Modernising bioarchaeological methods, a study of ancient egyptian periodontal health
The oral pathology profiles of ancient populations provide information about multiple elements of diet, general and oral health, and ways of life in the past. Periodontal disease, a pathology affecting both the soft and hard tissues of the mouth, is often included in the assessment of oral …
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Water resources management & hydroclimatic data analysis in transboundary river basins under the influence of climate variability & water abstraction : Nile river basin
… and domestic use, irrigation, and industry. The freshwater availability foreach country should be known or estimated to sustainably manage its available supply,or its share of available water in case of transboundary basins during the subsequentyears. The freshwater availability in the …
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Understanding Patterns of Phenotypic Variation in a Contemporary Population and Ancient Lineage of Fishes
… explains some portion of phenotypic diversity in the wild, its effects can be obscured by environmental factors, which often also play a large role in determining individual phenotype. For traits relating to life history, which are highly associated with fitness and often greatly influenced by …