A regulatory directive technical framework for sustainable water management in the semi-arid climates
type: CreativeWork
description: Sustainable management of water resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas, is increasingly becoming more challenging, due to a combined effect of a rapid population growth associated with overexploitation of water resources, and impact of climate change. Climate change is projected to intensify frequency and severity of extreme events, particularly drought episodes in arid and semi-arid climatic regions. The combined effect is placing a considerable strain on the already limited water resources and has been increasing the pressure on water managers and decision-makers. A key challenge ahead is to develop measures for sustainable management of water resources. The overarching aim of this thesis is to develop a technical framework that supports the management of water resources in arid and semi-arid. The importance of the developed technical framework is to respond to these challenges through an integrated multi-objective approach for water management. Besides, there is a definite need to cope with rapid social changes and economic development, and ever-increasing water demands in a continuously changing environment. Erbil province in Iraq was chosen as a representative case study of dozens of arid and semi-arid areas, where low water-use efficiency and excessive use of water resources, particularly groundwater resources are ruling trends. Also, statutory, and legislative pressure as jurisdictions strive to implement water resources statutory standards appropriately, and the frequency and severity of drought events are projected to intensify. A novel research strategy established including a combination of a critical analysis of relevant literature, a survey including questionnaire analysis and focus group discussion, in-depth analysis and evaluation of a case study, and a critical appraisal of statutory, regulations and archived legislation documents. The study embraced interacted and interdisciplinary themes to build up a supportive framework that focused …
abstract: Sustainable management of water resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas, is increasingly becoming more challenging, due to a combined effect of a rapid population growth associated with overexploitation of water resources, and impact of climate change. Climate change is projected to intensify frequency and severity of extreme events, particularly drought episodes in arid and semi-arid climatic regions. The combined effect is placing a considerable strain on the already limited water resources and has been increasing the pressure on water managers and decision-makers. A key challenge ahead is to develop measures for sustainable management of water resources. The overarching aim of this thesis is to develop a technical framework that supports the management of water resources in arid and semi-arid. The importance of the developed technical framework is to respond to these challenges through an integrated multi-objective approach for water management. Besides, there is a definite need to cope with rapid social changes and economic development, and ever-increasing water demands in a continuously changing environment. Erbil province in Iraq was chosen as a representative case study of dozens of arid and semi-arid areas, where low water-use efficiency and excessive use of water resources, particularly groundwater resources are ruling trends. Also, statutory, and legislative pressure as jurisdictions strive to implement water resources statutory standards appropriately, and the frequency and severity of drought events are projected to intensify. A novel research strategy established including a combination of a critical analysis of relevant literature, a survey including questionnaire analysis and focus group discussion, in-depth analysis and evaluation of a case study, and a critical appraisal of statutory, regulations and archived legislation documents. The study embraced interacted and interdisciplinary themes to build up a supportive framework that focused …
author: Nanekely, MAA
language: en
date published: 2020
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:26:12Z
provider: U. of Salford
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: U. of Salford