Ancient settlements in Oman are frequently found where crops can be cultivated with groundwater distributed to fields by gravity flow. These irrigation systems are called aflāj (s. falaj), and they are still pivotal to community life: in 1997 over 3000 such systems were still in…
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Water management is a significant challenge in The Republic of Cyprus. The country is subject to a number of water problems based on scarcity and quality, with these stemming from limited precipitation inputs, drought, the overuse of groundwater, as well as the spatial disparity…
As the international development community continues to identify the sustainability of water infrastructure as an important development goal, the need for technical performance-monitoring is significant. A number of research initiatives have identified limitations with respect t…
This thesis applies securitisation theory to the Israeli-Palestinian case with a particular focus on the potential for desecuritisation processes arising from Israeli-Palestinian cooperation/coexistence efforts in peace education and water management. It aims to apply securitisa…
In recent years, the increasing awareness of scarcity of water resources, indications of likely climate variability, and the increasing pressure to use available fresh water resources more efficiently have together reinforced the need to look at infrastructure solutions with due…
Water resources in southern New Mexico are limited so efficient usage is required. Onions are a major crop in New Mexico, requiring frequent irrigation because their roots are shallow. Onion growers rarely know water requirements for their locations, so they apply more water tha…
The Fayoum basin of Egypt is a closed basin with a lack of natural drainage outlets. The saline drainage water disposed of and impounded into Lake Qaroun is subject to evapoconcentration. As a result of these physical and environmental constraints, water and salt management are …
Large cities in arid and semi-arid climates continually face problems in satisfying the demand for municipal water. Where water supplies are limited, one of the primary strategies is to conserve water use. Riyadh City in Saudi Arabia was selected as an example for minimizing wat…
Ancient water management, especially for irrigation purposes, has featured prominently in anthropological theories on the development of socio-political and economic complexity. Traditional approaches have assumed that centralized control was needed to meet the managerial requir…
This dissertation describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a gender-inclusive information system linking rural women in Agni Hiya, Morocco and water project managers from the Association Dar Si-Hmad. This research was motivated by an interest in exploring the linka…
The independent Republic of Uzbekistan inherited an agrarian economy more suited to supplying foreign demands than to feeding, clothing and employing its own people. Neither the agricultural infrastructure nor the farmland and water resources of the country has been prepared for…
Winter cover cropping may mitigate the adverse effects of conventional cropping practices (bare soil during winter) by reducing runoff and increasing infiltration of rainfall. However, cover crops also deplete water through evapotranspiration. An experimental study with numerica…
In the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, mismanagement of irrigation has created immense environmental and economic problems. Canal systems are poorly constructed and maintained, delivery and application efficiency is low, and soil and water degradation is widespread. The di…