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 Asia and the Pacific. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].]
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Groundwater governance in Asia and the Pacific. [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 Europe. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges].]
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Groundwater governance in Europe. [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].
The Nile Delta and its 2.27 million ha of irrigated land makes up two thirds of Egypt’s agricultural land. It is also the terminal part of a river basin that spans and feeds 11 countries. Increases in dam and irrigation development in upstream parts of the basin is poised to conflict with agricul...
Molle, Francois
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Gaafar, I.
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El-Agha, Doaa E.
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Rap, Edwin
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[The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management]
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The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management
Molle, Francois
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Gaafar, I.
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El-Agha, D.E.
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Rap, Edwin
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[Irrigation efficiency and the Nile Delta water balance]
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Irrigation efficiency and the Nile Delta water balance
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
Molle, Francois
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Closas, Alvar
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Al-Zubari, W.
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[Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region]
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Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region
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