TY  - SER
AU  - Munene,Lydia Nduku
AU  - Babel,Mukand Singh
AU  - Gersonius,Berry
AU  - Shrestha,Sangam
AU  - Xue,Wenchao
ED  - Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP),
ED  - UNESCO-IHE,
ED  - Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship,
TI  - Adaptation to impacts of climate and socio-economic changes on water supply and demand in Nairobi, Kenya
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Nairobi
KW  - Economics
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Water resources development
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial  fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of  Science in Urban Water Engineering and Management Jointly offered by Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and UNESCO - IHE, Delft Institute for Water Education the Netherlands; Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology - UNESCO-IHE, 2019
N2  - Impacts of climate and socio-economic changes affect water resources by altering the  volume of water supply and demand, thus effective adaptation planning should incorporate  the uncertainities of changing environment.  The study applied Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA approach) to assess  impacts of climate and socio-economic changes on water supply system and develop  adaptation pathways for Nairobi. With a boundary condition of Thika-Chania Sub-  catchment as a source of supply and population growth as a socio-economic factor,  assessment of system performance was attained through time series analysis, stakeholder  engagement, development and calibration of hydrological model for period 1988-2013.  With climate projections adopted for 4 RCM's under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, and demand  projections under low, medium and high scenarios for 30 years, stress testing was done on  the system model under Cases of no climate change and under climate change  considerations. Formulation and stress testing of the adaptation actions under different  climate and demand scenarios was done to establish their robustness, after which pathways  were developed for both cases using Adaptation Pathway Generator. Most promising and  acceptable pathways were established through evaluation based on robustness, social and  environmental acceptability, and implementation period using adaptation scorecard.  From the results, it was established that the impacts of climate and socio-economic factors  will affect the supply system by increased varied flows and increased demand due to  population growth. On the evaluation of system performance, revealed that it's at high risk  of failure due to socio-economic factors compared to climate change. Three most promising  and acceptable pathways for the projection period were identified as (1) awareness  campaigns, water metering, expansion & rehabilitation of treatment plant, and alternative  source of supply. (2) water restrictions, policy regulations, expansion & rehabilitation of  treatment plant, and alternative source of supply. (3) awareness campaigns, water metering,  NRW reduction, and recycling of backwash water.
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