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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Besbes, Mustapha (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.