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Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use. / Edition 1

Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use. / Edition 1

by Mohammed I. Al-Hamdi
Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use. / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
9054104260
ISBN-13:
9789054104261
Pub. Date:
01/01/2000
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
9054104260
ISBN-13:
9789054104261
Pub. Date:
01/01/2000
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use. / Edition 1

Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use. / Edition 1

by Mohammed I. Al-Hamdi

Overview

The efficient management of water supply becomes even more important in arid areas where supply is at best erratic. This book looks at a range of issues connected to urban and agricultural water use in the Sana'a Plain area, including engineering and logisical problems, environmental and climatic influences on groundwater, legal and political wrangles, economic considerations and options for waste water re-use.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789054104261
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

MOHAMED I. AL-HAMDI , R Sc. in Civil Engineering, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA , M Sc. in Sanitary Engineering, [HE, Delft, Netherlands , born in Sana' a, Republic of Yemen.

Table of Contents

The supply of and demand for water resources in the Sana'a basin; system and economic analysis of domestic water supply in Sana'a; water ownership and conflict resolution; analysis of water use in irrigated agriculture in the Sana'a basin; financial incentives for groundwater use in irrigated agriculture in the Sana'a basin; multi criteria analysis on options for wastewater re-use in Sana'a; conclusions and recommendations.
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