Climate adaptation and water scarcity in Southern Africa
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Adaptation is only going to get more challenging as changes in the climate intensify, combining with the effects of rapid urbanization and the persistently high levels of poverty and inequality in Africa.
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Many homes in Southern Africa still do not have piped-in water, so household members have to get water from standpipes, buy it from vendors, or incur the costs of drilling boreholes.
“This is because many homes in Southern Africa still do not have piped-in water, so household members have to get water from standpipes, buy it from vendors or incur the costs of drilling boreholes.”
From Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Ziervogel, 2018
The time people spent fetching water could be spent on things like going to school or engaging in economic activities.
“Likewise, Ziervogel (2018) pointed out that the time people spent fetching water could be spent on things like going to school or engaging in economic activities.”
From Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Ziervogel (2018)
A greater proportion of household income may need to be spent on water delivered from private sources, such as tankers, to supplement the lack of water locally.
“Thus, a greater proportion of household income may need to be spent on water delivered from private sources, such as tankers, to supplement the lack of water locally (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001; Majuru, 2015; Ziervogel, 2018).”
From Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa (2025) · cites this paper as Ziervogel, 2018
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- Authors
- Ziervogel, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Ziervogel, Gina
- ORCID
- Ziervogel, Gina
- Venue
- Current History
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2018-05-01
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 799
- Pages
- 181-186
- ISSN
- 0011-3530 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3026779236
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Current History (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Water resources management and optimization
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Keywords
- climate change adaptation, water scarcity, Southern Africa, urbanization, poverty, inequality, climate change impacts
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