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Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Water-supply
ISBN : 9780889368446
Management of Water Demand in Africa and the Middle East: Current practices and future needs
Author : Ellysar Baroudy,Abderrafii Abid Lahlou,Bayoumi Attia
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781552501870
Managing Water Demand provides a comprehensive account of the tools used to manage water demand in the MENA region. The vast arid and semi-arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) constitute 85% of the region's land area and are home to approximately 60% of the region's population. Limited water resources pose severe constraints on people's economic and social progress, testing their resilience and threatening their livelihoods. Rainfall is not only scarce and unpredictable, but the region is also subject to frequent and severe droughts. Available surface water is declining and the over-pumping of groundwater beyond natural recharge rates is occurring, lowering the water table and causing an increase in groundwater salinity and ecological degradation. Water Demand Management (WDM) is about governance and tools that motivate people and their activities to regulate the amount and manner in which they access, use and dispose of water to alleviate pressure on freshwater supplies. It is also about protecting water quality. The development and promotion of such WDM practices, primarily for governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, have constituted the core objectives supported by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its partners through the Water Demand Management Forums. Managing Water Demand provides a comprehensive account of the tools used to manage water demand in the MENA region. A critical review is presented of the efficacy of WDM techniques in the areas of wastewater reuse, water valuation, public-private partnerships and decentralization, and participatory irrigation management. This book will provide some of the necessary knowledge required to further promote WDM in the MENA region, while providing insight into the work required for much needed change to improve water governance.
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040
Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040
Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464811814
Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions make water security a different, and more urgent, challenge than ever before. This report shows that achieving water security means much more than coping with water scarcity. It means managing water resources in a sustainable, efficient, and equitable way. It also involves delivering water services reliably and affordably, to reinforce relationships between service providers and water users and contribute to a renewed social contract. Water security also entails mitigating water-related risks such as floods and droughts. Water security is an urgent target, but it is also a target within reach. A host of potential solutions to the region’s water management challenges exist. To make these solutions work, clear incentives are needed to change the way water is managed, conserved, and allocated. To make these solutions work, countries in the region will also need to better engage water users, civil society, and youth. The failure of policies to address water challenges can have severe impacts on people’s well-being and political stability. The strategic question for the region is whether countries will act with foresight and resolve to strengthen water security, or whether they will wait to react to the inevitable disruptions of water crises.
Author : Jeremy Berkoff
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000035488406
Author : Dominick de Waal,Stuti Khemani,Andrea Barone,Edoardo Borgomeo
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781464817403
Despite massive infrastructure investments, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to face unprecedented water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and socioeconomic development. Current policy regimes for managing water across competing needs are primarily determined by state control of large infrastructure. Policy makers across the region understand the unsustainability of water allocations and that increasing investments in new infrastructure and technologies to increase water supply place a growing financial burden on governments. However, standard solutions for demand management—reallocating water to higher value uses, reducing waste, and increasing tariffs—pose difficult political dilemmas that, more often than not, are left unresolved. Without institutional reform, the region will likely remain in water distress even with increased financing for water sector infrastructure.The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa: Institutional Solutions confronts the persistence and severity of water scarcity in MENA. The report draws on the tools of public economics to address two crucial challenges facing states in MENA: lack of legitimacy and trust. Evidence from the World Values Survey shows that people in the region believe that a key role of government is to keep prices down and that governments are reluctant to raise tariffs because of the risk of widespread protests. Instead of avoiding the “politically sensitive†? issue of water scarcity, this report argues that reform leaders and their external partners can reform national water institutions and draw on local political contestation to establish a new social contract. The crisis and emotive power of water in the region can be used to bolster legitimacy and trust and build a sustainable, inclusive, thriving economy that is resilient to climate change.
Author : Asit Biswas,Eglal Rached,Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317999362
Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than two billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed that water should be considered to be a human right. This position, however, has not been accepted by many developed and developing countries. This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; implications for the national governments, and international and national organizations for the implementation of this concept; progress made in different Middle East and North African countries to provide every individual access to clean water and sanitation, constraints faced to assure universal access to water-related services and how these constraints can be overcome, and an overall research agenda in areas where more knowledge is necessary.
Author : Asit K. Biswas,Eglal Rached,Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415461351
This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes the legal development of the concept of water as a human right; its implications for the national governments, as well as the impact of the implementation of this concept for international and national organizations.
Author : Fathi Zereini,Wolfgang Jaeschke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662108666
This volume presents the latest research related to the current water situation, as well as its significance for the peaceful coexistence of the neighbouring countries. The book focuses on crucial topics: water resources, water protection, water management and water as a source of conflict. Topics such as sewage disposal and soil protection, as well as the transfer of environmental technology are also discussed.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821369265
"While water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms for years and many countries have improved their water policies and institutions, some of the most politically sensitive elements of reform remain untouched. This report suggests that a series of factors are now emerging that represent a potential opportunity to break this impasse." "Making the Most of Scarcity will be of interest to readers working in the areas of agribusiness and markets, agriculture, urban and rural development, water supply, and water resources, as well as to those responsible for setting policies in the areas of environment, economics, and social protection."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ashok Swain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135768829
Countries are meeting increasing water demand by building reservoirs and by diverting water from one area to another. When the water belongs to an international river system, these measures lead to riparian conflicts. However, water scarcity not only brings conflict to these regions, but also plays its part in building cooperation. In several international river basins in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, competing and disputing riparian countries are now moving towards a co-operative sharing arrangement. The signs of agreements on water sharing may be easy, but the real problem is how to keep these arrangements on track. Such agreements can positively contribute to peace and cooperation by addressing future needs, making sustainable decisions and being progressive in their management. Managing Water Conflict looks at these current stresses and likely future scenarios for this vitally important subject.
Author : Fathi Zereini,Heinz Hötzl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540850472
"Climatic Change and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa" is dedicated to high-priority topics related to the impact of climate change on water resources in a water scarce region. The subject is described and discussed in three main chapters and different case studies. The three main chapters are (1) Climatic changes - sources and effects on the water cycle, (2) Impact of climate change on water resources, (3) Water resources and water management. These chapters are split up into further 26 sections. A total of 64 individuals from many countries have made contributions to this book. All topics in this book are complimentary and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the interactions between global climate change, world water cycle and water resources. A valuable and meaningful interdisciplinary mixture of topics is combined in this book which will be of great interest to many scientists.
Author : Martin Keulertz,Eckart Woertz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317201243
This book discusses key issues concerning water, energy and food in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It provides an interdisciplinary account of current developments in the most water-scarce and conflict-torn region in the world. Key analysts on MENA water, agriculture and energy affairs have been drawn together to compile one of the first edited volumes dedicated to the crucial role of water, energy and food security in the 21st century MENA region. It will be of interest to decision-makers, analysts and students of the future of the Middle East from a broad range of disciplines including the physical and social sciences. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : African Water Issues Research Unit Centre for International
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122704302
