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
The Nile Delta of Egypt is known for its large irrigated area supplied with water diverted from the Nile River, with a limited use of groundwater, largely for domestic and industrial use. Official statistics for the whole delta indicate that there are a few thousand individual wells used for agri...
El-Agha, Doaa E.
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Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Below the radar: the boom of groundwater use in the central part of the Nile Delta in Egypt]
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Below the radar: the boom of groundwater use in the central part of the Nile Delta in Egypt
Avoiding the negative effects of intensive groundwater resource use is challenging, especially when the interactions and causal pathways between biophysical and socioeconomic processes are complex, and when users, management, and regulatory bodies are spatially dispersed. The plain of Haouaria, i...
Mekki, I.
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Ghazouani, Wafa
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Closas, Alvar
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Molle, Francois
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[Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia]
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Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia
Molle, Francois
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Closas, Alvar
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[Groundwater governance: a synthesis. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges]]
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Groundwater governance: a synthesis. [Project report of the Groundwater Governance in the Arab World - Taking Stock and Addressing the Challenges]