Water Challenges in the Mediterranean

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2017

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Kibaroğlu, Ayşegül

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Institut européen de la Méditerranée

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The degree of water scarcity and its political, economic and social implications are felt much more severely in regions like the Mediterranean. Almost every factor linked with water crises globally is present in the region, including: scarcity and variability of freshwater resources; rapidly growing population; changing levels of economic development; misuses as well as poor water management and allocation practices;and burgeoning uncertainties coupled with climate change. An important number of these water resources, particularly in the southern rim of the region, are transboundary in that they cross political boundaries of more than one nation. This increases the complexity of the problem, as it has now become an issue at an international level. Hence, in order to fully comprehend the water situation in the Mediterranean region, it is necessary to review water challenges at national and regional levels, and set a priority ranking for the problems of a physical, technical, institutional, social and economic nature, which affect the development, management and use of water resources.

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Economy, Territory, Strategic Sectors

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Kibaroglu, A., (2017) Water Challenges in Mediterranean"in IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2017, Institut européen de la Méditerranée, pp.274-277.

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IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2017

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274

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277
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CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
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