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Groundwater use in North Africa as a cautionary tale for climate change adaptation

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  • Marcel Kuper
  • Hichem Amichi
  • Pierre-Louis Mayaux

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The recent history of groundwater use in North Africa provides a cautionary tale for climate change adaptation. Even though the short-term threats of groundwater overexploitation are clear, and territorially bounded, and involve comparatively few players, in recent decades, agricultural intensification has consistently increased pressure on the available resources. Groundwater has been governed through a dynamic interplay between formal rules and informal practices that focused more on maintaining fragile socio-political compromises than on ensuring environmental sustainability. If it is to be effective, climate change adaptation will need to muster the sort of political legitimacy that sustainable groundwater management is currently lacking.

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  • Marcel Kuper & Hichem Amichi & Pierre-Louis Mayaux, 2017. "Groundwater use in North Africa as a cautionary tale for climate change adaptation," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(6), pages 725-740, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:42:y:2017:i:6:p:725-740
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1351058
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    1. Vos, Jeroen & Boelens, Rutgerd & Venot, Jean-Philippe & Kuper, Marcel, 2020. "Rooted water collectives: Towards an analytical framework," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    2. Cobbing, Jude & Hiller, Bradley, 2019. "Waking a sleeping giant: Realizing the potential of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 597-613.

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