干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): A Vulnerability Assessment in Scant Data Context: The Case of North Horr Sub-County

Arid

DOI	10.3390/su12156024
	A Vulnerability Assessment in Scant Data Context: The Case of North Horr Sub-County
	Bigi, Velia; Pezzoli, Alessandro; Comino, Elena; Rosso, Maurizio
通讯作者	Bigi, V
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:15
英文摘要	In Kenyan rural areas belonging to the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), water quantity and water quality are major issues for the local population. In North Horr Sub-County water quality is threatened by nitrate contamination due to fecal matter pollution. This research, hence, aims at assessing the vulnerability of open shallow water sources to nitrate contamination due to fecal intrusion following flooding events and nitrate percolation in groundwater. The present research, indeed, provides, on one hand, new insights into the analysis of the vulnerability in a scant data context; on the other hand, it assesses the adaptation measures contained in the local development plan. Applying the reference definition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the results demonstrate that the open shallow water sources in the northern part of the sub-county are more vulnerable to nitrate contamination. Furthermore, the consistency of the results proves the suitability of the methodology selected. Understanding the vulnerability at the local scale is key to planning risk-reduction strategies as well to increasing the local population's knowledge about flood-related risks and water quality.
英文关键词	vulnerability rural area scant data nitrate contamination water flood
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000559241600001
WOS关键词	DRINKING-WATER ; FECAL CONTAMINATION ; NITRATE ; WELLS ; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA ; GROUNDWATER ; QUALITY
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325601
作者单位	[Bigi, Velia; Pezzoli, Alessandro] Politecn Torino, Interuniv Dept Reg & Urban Studies & Planning DIS, I-10125 Turin, Italy; [Bigi, Velia; Pezzoli, Alessandro] Univ Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy; [Comino, Elena; Rosso, Maurizio] Politecn Torino, Dept Environm Land & Infrastruct Engn DIATI, I-10129 Turin, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bigi, Velia,Pezzoli, Alessandro,Comino, Elena,et al. A Vulnerability Assessment in Scant Data Context: The Case of North Horr Sub-County[J],2020,12(15).
APA	Bigi, Velia,Pezzoli, Alessandro,Comino, Elena,&Rosso, Maurizio.(2020).A Vulnerability Assessment in Scant Data Context: The Case of North Horr Sub-County.SUSTAINABILITY,12(15).
MLA	Bigi, Velia,et al."A Vulnerability Assessment in Scant Data Context: The Case of North Horr Sub-County".SUSTAINABILITY 12.15(2020).