1st Edition
Water Stress: Some Symptoms and Causes A Case Study of Ta'iz, Yemen
By Chris D. Handley
Copyright 2001
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why is the bread basket of Arabia importing more water via grain than is pumped locally by all sectors and why does nobody notice? How can the same water be sold to different users at prices varying by five orders of magnitude? How can the biggest names in development throw millions of dollars at supplying water to a city and not an extra drop has emerged? Why do some of the wealthiest... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Autopsy of an aquifer; A socio-economic map of water allocation and use; Discussion: anatomy of a water crisis; Conclusions; Photographs; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Chris D. Handley, SOAS, University of London, UK
'I recommend the book to anyone who is involved in water resource management in semi-arid and arid regions and also to academics, who will find an extensive case study on water resources problems.' International Journal of Environment and Pollution
