Because of the logics of both colonization or de-colonization, the need to counter the anarchy of groundwater use, or the dissemination of global 'best practices' of IWRM, states have often assumed full ownership or custody of groundwater. Regulating groundwater use includes giving drilling and a...
Molle, Francois
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Closas, Alvar
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[State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?]
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State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?
Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Groundwater governance in the Middle East and North Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].]
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Groundwater governance in the Middle East and North Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].
Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Groundwater governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].]
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Groundwater governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].
Closas, Alvar
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Aquifer contracts: a means to solving groundwater over-exploitation in Morocco?]
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Aquifer contracts: a means to solving groundwater over-exploitation in Morocco?
This paper presents a historical analysis of the different policy tools used to manage and regulate groundwater abstraction in the Western Mancha aquifer. Without much initial regulation and control, groundwater resources and aquifer levels decreased dramatically, threatening agriculture and also...
Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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Hernández Mora, N.
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[Sticks and carrots: managing groundwater overabstraction in La Mancha, Spain]
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Sticks and carrots: managing groundwater overabstraction in La Mancha, Spain
This paper assesses a case of co-management of groundwater between the state of Texas, pushing for the rationalisation of groundwater management, and local (mainly farming) communities organised in Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs), which are protective of their private groundwater rights...
Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Chronicle of a demise foretold: state vs. local groundwater management in Texas and the high plains aquifer system]
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Chronicle of a demise foretold: state vs. local groundwater management in Texas and the high plains aquifer system
Molle, Francois
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Nassif, M.-H.
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Jaber, B.
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Closas, Alvar
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Baydoun, S.
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[Groundwater governance in Lebanon: the case of Central Beqaa. A Policy White Paper]
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Groundwater governance in Lebanon: the case of Central Beqaa. A Policy White Paper
Faced with severe groundwater depletion, many governments have opted to increase the power of the state. Despite calls for more inclusive governance and a role for groundwater users, modes of governance have tended to continue to rely on a diversity of policy tools and state-run strategies in the...