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A Strategy for Controlling Groundwater Depletion in the Sa'dah Plain, Yemen
Over-exploitation of the groundwater resources is the major problem leading to groundwater depletion in the Sa'dah Plain, one of the major semi-arid highland basins of Yemen. Groundwater-irrigated agriculture is the chief economic activity in the Plain. Consequently, depletion places socioeconomic development in jeopardy. Owing to the lack of institutional arrangements and management instruments, government intervention is not likely to alleviate the crisis. One non-governmental approach that takes advantage of the existing local sociopolitical structure and customary law would be to adopt an annual abstraction quota. Approaching the crisis at a grass-roots level and relying on the conformity of the local citizens with customary law are the main characteristics of this strategy, the optimum objective of which is sustainable utilization of water resources.
A Strategy for Controlling Groundwater Depletion in the Sa'dah Plain, Yemen
Over-exploitation of the groundwater resources is the major problem leading to groundwater depletion in the Sa'dah Plain, one of the major semi-arid highland basins of Yemen. Groundwater-irrigated agriculture is the chief economic activity in the Plain. Consequently, depletion places socioeconomic development in jeopardy. Owing to the lack of institutional arrangements and management instruments, government intervention is not likely to alleviate the crisis. One non-governmental approach that takes advantage of the existing local sociopolitical structure and customary law would be to adopt an annual abstraction quota. Approaching the crisis at a grass-roots level and relying on the conformity of the local citizens with customary law are the main characteristics of this strategy, the optimum objective of which is sustainable utilization of water resources.
A Strategy for Controlling Groundwater Depletion in the Sa'dah Plain, Yemen
Al-Sakkaf, Rafik A. (Autor:in) / Zhou, Yangxiao (Autor:in) / Hall, Michael J. (Autor:in)
International Journal of Water Resources Development ; 15 ; 349-365
01.09.1999
17 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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