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GLOWA Volta Publications - Theses

2010

Hauck, J. (2010): Managing Social-Ecological Systems for Resilience: Fisheries in the Small Reservoirs of Northern Ghana. Doctoral Thesis.

2009

Boko, G. H. (2009): A classification of the different land use systems in the Volta basin with respect to the water cycling by means of Reference Evapotranpiration according to FAO standards. Master Thesis Ouagadougou University.

Förster, J. (2009): The Potential of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Western Ghana. Master’s Thesis, University of Bayreuth.  » Thesis

Kasei, R. (2009): Modelling impacts of climate change on water resources in the Volta Basin West Africa. Doctoral Thesis.

Laux, P. (2009): Statistical modeling of precipitation for agricultural planning in the Volta Basin of West Africa. Doctoral Thesis.  » Thesis

Schindler, J. (2009): A multi-agent system for simulating land-use and land-cover change in the Atankwidi catchment of Upper East Ghana. Doctoral Thesis.  » Thesis

Tsuma, W. (2009): Actors, Alliances and Power in Negotiations: Unequal Distribution of Mining Benefits in Tarkwa's Gold Mining Area of Western Ghana. Doctoral Thesis.

2008

Friesen, J. (2008): Regional vegetation water effects on satellite soil moisture estimations for West Africa. Doctoral Thesis.  » Thesis

Laubach, J. (2008): Aufbau eines Geoportals als komponentenbasiertes Informationssystem für ein Projekt der Entwicklungsforschung (GLOWA Volta). Diplomarbeit.  » Thesis

Mdemu, M. V. (2008). Water productivity in medium and small reservoirs in the Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana. Doctoral thesis. » Thesis

Obuobie, E. (2008). Estimation of groundwater recharge in the context of future climate change in the White Volta River Basin. Doctoral thesis. West Africa . »Thesis

Wagner, S. (2008). Water Balance in a Poorly Gauged Basin in West Africa Using Atmospheric Modelling and Remote Sensing Information. Doctoral Thesis, Intitut für Wasserbau, Universität Stuttgart, Germany. »Thesis

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2007

Dabiré, I. W. P. (2007). Gestion durable des petits bassins versants du bassin de la volta: simulation bioéconomique des options de gestion alternative dans le sud-ouest du Burkina Faso. Economic department. Ouagadougou University, Ouagadougou/ Burkina Faso.

Eguavoen, I. (2007). Now you have a new pump, you have to manage it. Household water management, water rights and institutional change in Northern Ghana. Doctoral thesis, Institute of Social Anthropology, Philosophical Faculty, Albert-Magnus Universität. Cologne/ Germany. » Thesis

Kpongor, D. S. (2007). Spatially Explicit Modeling of Sorghum Production in a Complex Terrain in a Semi-Arid Region of Ghana using APSIM. Doctoral thesis, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität, Bonn/ Germany. » Thesis

Mandé, T. (2007). Conception d'un modèle d'optimisation stochastique pour l'agriculture dans un bassin versant du Burkina Faso. MSc. thesis, Ouagadougou University, Ouagadougou/ Burkina Faso.

Mandé, T. (2007). Variabilité climatique et risque alimentaire: un modèle d'optimisation stochastique d'une exploitation agricole burkinabé. MSc. thesis, Institute 2iE, Ouagadougou/ Burkina Faso.

Nyarko, B. K. (2007). Floodplain Wetland-River flow Synergy in the White Volta Basin of Ghana. Doctoral thesis, Geographic Institute, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University, Bonn/ Germany. » Thesis

Sandwidi, J.-P.W. (2007). Groundwater potential to supply population demand within the Kopienga dam basin in Burkina Faso. Doctoral thesis, Bonn/ Germany. » Thesis

Tia, L. (2007) Modeling of vegetation dynamics and its contribution to the water balance in semi-arid lands of West Africa. Doctoral Thesis.

Van der Schaaf, C. (2007) Flowing Structures and Concrete Struggles: irrigation management and institutional change in centre-eastern Burkina Faso. Doctoral Thesis.

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2006

Amisigo, B. (2006) Modelling Riverflow in the Volta basin of West Africa. A data-driven framework. Doctoral Thesis. » Thesis

Bagayoko, F. (2006) Impact of land-use intensity on evaporation and surface runoff. Process and parameters for eastern Burkina Faso, West Africa. Doctoral Thesis. » Thesis

Faulkner, J. (2006) Water use, productivity, and profitability in small-scale irrigation schemes in Ghana's Upper East Region. MSc.Thesis, Cornell University.

Jung, J. (2006): Regional Climate Change and the Impact on Hydrology in the Volta Basin of West Africa.

Kasei, R. (2006) Determination of Sensible Heat Flux from Large Aperture Scintillometer Measurements in the Volta Basin of Ghana. M.Phil Thesis, University of Cape Coast/ Ghana, Wageningen University/ Netherlands.

Schlömann, A. (2006) Bilanzierung des Bewässerungsfeldbaus im Upper East (Ghana) mittels Fernerkundung und dynamischer Modellierung. Diploma thesis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn/ Germany.

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2005

Bagamsah, T.T. (2005): The impact of Bushfire on Carbon and Nutrient Stocks as well as Albedo in the Savanna of Northern Ghana. Ecology and Development Series No. 25. » Thesis

Compaore, H. (2005): The impact of savannah vegetation on the spatial and temporal variation of the actual evapotranspiration in the Volta Basin, Navrongo, Upper East Ghana. Ecology and Development Series No. 36  » Thesis

Howard, N.K. (2005): Multiscale analysis of landscape data sets from northern Ghana: Wavelets and pattern metrics. Ecology and Development Series No. 31  » Thesis

Martin, N. (2005): Development of a water balance for the Atankwidi catchment, West Africa – A case study of groundwater recharge in a semi-arid climate. Doctoral thesis, University of Göttingen  » Thesis

Neumann, R. (2005): Stochastische hydrologische Simulationen, Diploma thesis, University of Applied Sciences Regensburg & Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Schüttemeyer, D. (2005): The surface energy balance over drying semi-arid terrain in West Africa. Doctoral thesis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. » Abstract

Tsegai, D. (2005): The Economics of migration in the Volta basin of Ghana: Household and districtlevel analysis. Doctoral thesis, Center for Development Reserach (ZEF), Bonn, Germany

Van de Logt, G. (2005): ECMWF reanalysis precipitation data compared to weather station precipitation measurements from Ghana for 1991 – 2001. MSc-thesis, Wageningen University

Yilma, T. (2005): Modelling farm irrigation decisions under rainfall risk in the White-Volta Basin of Ghana: A tool for policy analysis at the farm-household level. Doctoral thesis, University of Bonn.  » Thesis

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2004

Agyare, W.A. (2004): Soil characterization and modeling of spatial distribution of saturated hydraulic conductivity at two sites in the Volta Basin of Ghana. Ecology and Development Series No. 17.  » Thesis

Ajayi, A.E. (2004): Surface runoff and infiltration processes in the Volta Basin, West Africa: Observation and Modeling. Ecology and Development Series No. 18.  » Theses

Braimoh, A.K. (2004): Modeling land-use change in the Volta Basin of Ghana. Ecology and Development Series No. 14.  » Thesis

Carbone, T. (2004): Probleme der Trinkwasserverteilung in ländlichen Haushalten Ghanas - dargestellt am Beispiel des Volta-Beckens. Diploma thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany

Codjoe, S.N.A. (2004): Population and Land Use / Cover Dynamics in the Volta River Basin of Ghana, 1960 - 2010. Ecology and Development Series No. 15.  » Thesis

Duadze, S.E.K. (2004): Land use and land cover study of the savannah ecosystem in the Upper West Region (Ghana) using remote sensing. Ecology and Development Series No. 16.  » Thesis

Intsiful, J.D. (2004): Upscaling of land surface parameters through inverse SVAT modeling. Ecology and Development Series No. 20.  » Thesis

Obeng-Asiedu, P. (2004): Allocation Water Resources for Agricultural and Economic Development in the Volta River Basin. Doctoral thesis, University of Bonn. » Abstract

Oguntunde, P.G. (2004): Evapotranspiration and complimentarity relations in the water balance of the Volta Basin: field measurements and GIS-based regional estimates. Ecology and Development Series No. 22. » Thesis

Osei-Asare, Y. (2004): Household Water Security and Water Demand in the Volta Basin of Ghana. Doctoral thesis, University of Bonn. » Theses

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2003

Marx, A. (2003): Mit SEBAL ermittelte Wärmeströme aus NOAA-AVHRR-Daten und Vergleich mit Szintillometer- und MM5-Daten in der Savannenzone Ghanas, Diploma thesis, University of Trier & Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Scannapieco, P. (2003): Bewässerungsprojekte als Entwicklungschance für Frauen unter Einfluss traditioneller Sozialstrukturen in Nord-Ghana. Diploma thesis, Geographical Institute, Humboldt- University Berlin, Germany.  » Theses

Traore, C. (2003): Epidemiology of Malaria in a holoendemic area of rural Burkina Faso. Doctoral thesis, Medical Faculty, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg.  » Theses

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2002

Friesen, J. (2002): Spatio-temporal Patterns of Rainfall in Northern Ghana. Diploma thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn. » Theses

Liebe, J. (2002): Estimation of Water Storage Capacity and Evaporation Losses of Small Reservoirs in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Diploma thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn. » Theses

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2001

Jung, G. (2001): Niederschlags-Rückkopplungsmechanismen im Volta Becken, Diploma thesis, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University Innsbruck (Austria) & Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

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2000

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1999