Groundwater management and socio‐economic responses

Burke, Jerome S.; Sauveplane, C.M.; Moench, Marcus

doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.1999.tb00918.x

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“…Disputes between states may arise as water resources change. [58] For example, Pakistan is reliant on the flow of water from the Indus, which flows first through India and this has long been identified as potential cause for conflict. Similar tensions could develop between Egypt and Sudan and Ethiopia upstream of the Nile, particularly because wealthy nations are now acquiring land in these regions and developing water-intensive agriculture.…”

Section: The Oceans and Freshwatermentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspectives on our planet in the Anthropocene

Williams

Crutzen

2013

Environ. Chem.

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Environmental context. The term Anthropocene has been proposed as a name for the present geological epoch in recognition of the recent rise of humans to being a geophysical force of planetary importance. This paper provides an overview of humanity's global impact in terms of population, energy and food demands, climate, air and ocean pollution, biodiversity and erosion, before giving a perspective on our collective future in the Anthropocene.Abstract. Within the last 70 years (an average person's lifetime), the human population has more than tripled. Our energy, food and space demands as well as the associated waste products have affected the Earth to such an extent that humanity may be considered a geophysical force in its own right. As a result it has been proposed to name the current epoch the 'Anthropocene'. Here we draw on a broad range of references to provide an overview of these changes in terms of population, energy and food demands, climate, air and ocean pollution, biodiversity and erosion. The challenges for the future in the Anthropocene are highlighted. We hope that in the future, the 'Anthropocene' will not only be characterised by continued human plundering of the Earth's resources and dumping of excessive amounts of waste products in the environment, but also by vastly improved technology and management, wise use of the Earth's resources, control of the human and domestic animal population, and overall careful manipulation and restoration of the natural environment.

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Section: The Oceans and Freshwatermentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspectives on our planet in the Anthropocene

Williams

Crutzen

2013

Environ. Chem.

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“…nongovernmental organizations and civil societies), are helping shift the role of government agencies towards "resource custodian" and "information provider". The government agencies in many cases are realizing that social, institutional and political factors are the primary obstacles to sustainable groundwater management, as argued by Burke et al (1999), and "changing communication dimensions" should be the starting-point for a new management design, as argued by Knegt and Vincent (2001). From experience it has been learnt that there is no simple and realistic blueprint for groundwater management action, mainly because the diversity of groundwater occurrence, coupled with changing patterns of human use of water and land, present a complex mosaic within which management and protection have to function (Foster & Chilton, 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

From an open-access to a state-controlled resource: the case of groundwater in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Pandey¹,

Kazama²

2013

Water International

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Groundwater is no longer an open-access resource in Kathmandu. Perceptions of groundwater are changing from an "infinite" to a "finite" resource and the role of the government from supply developer to caretaker of the resource. In this context, this paper aims to unfold how perceptions of groundwater in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, are changing from an open-access resource to an overexploited, depleted, degraded, vulnerable and state-controlled resource. In the process, it produces an aggregated picture of resource availability, development dynamics, impacts and responses in the area; suggests some "soft-path" approaches for groundwater management; and discusses implications of the experience for other areas.

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“…Moreover, effective groundwater resource management requires that the socioeconomic context is taken into account . Burke et al (1999) argued more generally that social, institutional, and political factors are the primary obstacles to the sustainable management of the world's groundwater resources. Groundwater resource management, therefore, should become part of a common socioeconomic interest and integrated into local spatial planning.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%