Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, w...
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okr-10986-117212021-04-23T14:02:57Z Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa World Bank ALLOCATION SYSTEM AQUIFERS AUGMENTATION CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKERS NEED DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUITABLE ALLOCATION FARMERS FLOODS FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND USE LARGE WATER RESOURCE PIPED WATER POLITICS OF WATER POLLUTION PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER BASIN RIVERS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TARIFF REFORM TRANSPARENCY UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRICTS WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER NEED WATER NEEDS WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEM WATER USE WATER USES Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation services will change as economies grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of the region's water flows across international borders, further complicating the resource management challenge. Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on expensive network and distribution infrastructure. Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets. 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z 2009-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11721 English Water P-Notes; No. 40 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa |
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ALLOCATION SYSTEM AQUIFERS AUGMENTATION CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKERS NEED DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUITABLE ALLOCATION FARMERS FLOODS FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND USE LARGE WATER RESOURCE PIPED WATER POLITICS OF WATER POLLUTION PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER BASIN RIVERS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TARIFF REFORM TRANSPARENCY UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRICTS WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER NEED WATER NEEDS WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEM WATER USE WATER USES |
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ALLOCATION SYSTEM AQUIFERS AUGMENTATION CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKERS NEED DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUITABLE ALLOCATION FARMERS FLOODS FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND USE LARGE WATER RESOURCE PIPED WATER POLITICS OF WATER POLLUTION PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER BASIN RIVERS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TARIFF REFORM TRANSPARENCY UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRICTS WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER NEED WATER NEEDS WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEM WATER USE WATER USES World Bank Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Most of the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face
full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even
worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability
will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for
aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water
supplies and irrigation services will change as economies
grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to
address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of
the region's water flows across international borders,
further complicating the resource management challenge.
Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of
climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary
consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of
drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating
greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and
increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought
by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on
expensive network and distribution infrastructure.
Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer
incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase
with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of
supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this
would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth
and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between
communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets. |
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa |
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making the most of scarcity : accountability for better water management in the middle east and north africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11721 |
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