National Water Security Case Study of an Arid Country: Tunisia /

• Main Authors: Besbes, Mustapha (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Chahed, Jamel (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hamdane, Abdelkader (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Hydrogeology.; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Sustainable Development.

This book shows how the change of water paradigm has become urgent, and provides evidence for new policies that expand water balance to green and virtual water. The issue of water security concerns drinking water supply but also food safety, linked to agricultural policy. Both rain-fed and irrigated...

Table of Contents:

• The World Water Issues
• Fifty years of water policies, 1960-2010
• The National Water Balance
• The holistic water balance: Blue Water, Green Water and Virtual Water
• Managing water demand and unconventional resources
• Water Security in Tunisia: debated issues
• Conclusion
• References.