Abstract
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY OF LIBERIA
*Catherine Kuku Dolo and Prof. Dr. Huseyin Gokcekus
ABSTRACT
Background Liberia is a state with water criticality which is suspected to be a pollution crisis when water scarcity corresponds with low problem-solving strength. In addition, 25% of the Liberia population experiences water scarcity, however, 70% live within a water abundant position, but abundance does not necessarily have excessive water. Relative abundance does not take other measures into account such as water accessibility and availability of sanitation. According to the report which was conducted by UNEP (2003), 1100 million households do not have clean water accessibility and 5 million deaths annually are caused by contaminated water in Liberia. According to (Clement, et al., 2018), Liberia has been experiencing the devastating effect of global warming as a result of geographical location people with low-income levels, lower technological innovation and learning are vulnerable to environmental change as well as overreliance on climate-sensitive renewable natural resources industries including agriculture and climate. Liberia is the country with the most susceptible to climate change for desertification systems, water catchment declining, reducing soil fertility, relying on subsistence agriculture, AIDs prevalent disease, inefficient government policies and rapid population mechanism. Specifically, the country with 70% living in the Caribbean and Pacific areas are working in the agriculture industry and for those people, understanding and confronting climate change is not a concept. However, it is the evaluation of life and death.
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