Overexploitation and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources Management, (Bio)Technological, and Political Approaches to Avoid Conflicts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Darnault, Christophe J. G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Earth sciences.; Environmental Management.; Environment, general.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Earth Sciences, general.

Forty percent of the world’s population depends upon increasingly scarce and shared water resources. This situation is critical at both international and national levels not only for socio-economic development, but also for the regional stability. The intensive use of groundwater for irrigation and...