Climate variability and its implication for water resources and livelihoods in Uganda

This thesis examines the climatic trends of rainfall and temperature in Uganda using historical data. And because climate is an important aspect in water resources management and livelihoods formation, an attempt to explain how the interaction impacts on the two is made in the context of climate variability and change. The assumption is that climate change/variability has had an effect on water resources management and the way individual, households and society at large form livelihoods in Uganda. The rationale for the investigation is the number of climate and livelihood related studies that have been undertaken for Uganda over recent years, which have not focused specifically on the water resources management and livelihood formation. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).