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Water <strong>sources</strong>, <strong>infrastructure</strong>, <strong>space</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>dynamics</strong> <strong>of</strong> environmental diseases in Saboba District: Using GISTABLE OF CONTENTSABSTRACT...................................................................................................................... iiiDEDICATION ................................................................................................................. vSAMMANFATTNING .................................................................................................. viiACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. ixABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................................... xiTABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. xiiiCHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................... 1Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1Problem Statement .................................................................................................................. 2Research Questions ........................................................................................................................................................ 2Goal <strong>and</strong> objectives......................................................................................................................................................... 2Expected outcome .......................................................................................................................................................... 3Hypo<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>and</strong> propositions ............................................................................................................................................. 3Rationale for <strong>the</strong> study .................................................................................................................................................... 3Delimitation ................................................................................................................................................................. 3Literature review ...................................................................................................................... 4Causes <strong>of</strong> <strong>water</strong> scarcity ................................................................................................................................................... 4Effects <strong>of</strong> scarcity <strong>of</strong> <strong>water</strong> re<strong>sources</strong> .................................................................................................................................... 4Difficulties in managing <strong>water</strong> re<strong>sources</strong> .............................................................................................................................. 5Strategies for efficient <strong>water</strong> re<strong>sources</strong> management ................................................................................................................. 6Ghana situations <strong>of</strong> <strong>water</strong> supply <strong>and</strong> management ............................................................................................................... 6Burning <strong>of</strong> mosquito coil <strong>and</strong> Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI) ............................................................................................. 7CHAPTER 2 ...................................................................................................................... 8The study area ......................................................................................................................... 8Physical morphology <strong>and</strong> Drainage .................................................................................................................................... 8Climate <strong>and</strong> Vegetation .................................................................................................................................................. 8Population <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area ..................................................................................................................................................... 9Economic Activities <strong>and</strong> Agricultural L<strong>and</strong> use ................................................................................................................... 9Cultural Practices <strong>and</strong> Beliefs ......................................................................................................................................... 10Poverty Levels ............................................................................................................................................................. 11Conceptual Framework <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Study ...................................................................................... 11Categorisation <strong>of</strong> Stakeholders ............................................................................................... 12Methods <strong>and</strong> materials ........................................................................................................... 13Data Sources .............................................................................................................................................................. 13Sampling ................................................................................................................................................................... 13Statistical analysis ....................................................................................................................................................... 14Spatial Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................... 14Interviews ............................................................................................................................... 15CHAPTER 3 .................................................................................................................... 15Results <strong>and</strong> discussion ........................................................................................................... 15Field problems ............................................................................................................................................................ 15Basic characteristics <strong>of</strong> respondents ................................................................................................................................... 15Disease pattern in Saboba district ................................................................................................................................... 16Preventive strategies for environmental diseases in <strong>the</strong> district: Respondents’ view ........................................................................ 16Management <strong>of</strong> <strong>water</strong> re<strong>sources</strong> in Saboba district ............................................................... 19xiii
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