Perceptions of groundwater degradation and mitigation responses in the Haouaria region in Tunisia

Mekki, Insaf; Ghazouani, Wafa; Closas, Alvar; Molle, François

doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2017.05.001

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“…Some implementers have built very shallow tube wells, at a much lower height than is ideal, which has prompted additional concerns about the optimal location of these systems. It reflects that tubewells will eventually become obsolete since they will not be able to reach groundwater (Mekki et al, 2017). As a result, there is likely to be a scarcity of safe drinking water.…”

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Rohingya Crisis In Bangladesh: Causes, Consequences And Remedies

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2024

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Bangladesh, a nation marked by its dense population, continues to wrestle with multifaceted challenges even 52 years after gaining independence while navigating the sophistications of development. Among these challenges, the pressing issue of the Rohingya people's plight takes center stage, with various forms of oppression, including mass killings, executions, forced labor, deportation, and the denial of fundamental human rights, rendering them stateless. This study seeks to dissect the roots of the Rohingya crisis and explore its repercussions on Bangladesh. Employing an exploratory research approach, data from secondary sources were qualitatively analyzed using content analysis to discern underlying themes and patterns. The findings reveal that the Rohingya crisis is primarily driven by the lack of documentation, the rise of authoritarianism, and a complex religious landscape. Additionally, the paper identifies social, economic, and environmental challenges as direct consequences of refugee migration in Bangladesh. These insights hold significant implications for policymakers and practitioners actively involved in addressing the Rohingya crisis. Offering a comprehensive analysis, the study also proposes practical policy recommendations grounded in the specific context of the crisis, aiming for tangible applications in real-world scenarios.

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Rohingya Crisis In Bangladesh: Causes, Consequences And Remedies

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2024

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“…The construction of playing cards thematic and the Haouaria plain maquette are based on the data collected during field visits in 2015 and 2017 within the framework of previous project on groundwater governance [25][26][27]. The 2015 field visit comprised 30 key informant interviews with farmers, 10 government agencies, seven suppliers and the non-governmental organizations.…”

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“…This implies that the participants perceive some subject as the formation or the reinforcement of local initiatives as the central administration and politicians' responsibilities. Despite the post-revolution context in Tunisia, which stressed the importance of the local development, the discourse around the management and protection of natural resources, such as the water, is still dominated in Tunisia by technical propositions [25].…”

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“…Despite the post-revolution context in Tunisia, which stressed the importance of the local development, the discourse around the management and protection of natural resources, such as the water, is still dominated in Tunisia by technical propositions [25].…”

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“…Despite the several simplifications resulting from a condensed representation of a complex system, the workshop results show a better understanding of the complexity and fragility of the territory as reported by different participants. The understanding of participants prior to the workshop was already fed by earlier interactions with the project researchers about groundwater governance problems [25][26][27]. Even then, through the territory game, we succeeded in communicating, to the local stakeholders, some of key insights about territory dynamics and issues, linked not only to the groundwater resources, as it included the management of natural resources in general (water, land and energy), food systems, environment and tourism.…”

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Actors, Scales and Spaces Dynamics Linked to Groundwater Resources use for Agriculture Production in Haouaria Plain, Tunisia. A Territory Game Approach

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Groundwater resources became a recognized enabler of important rural and socio-economic development in Mediterranean countries. However, the development of this groundwater economy is currently associated with an increased pressure on the available resource and negative implications on the socio-ecological system. Managing complex socio-ecological systems, such as those that occur in water resource management, is a multi-actor, multi-scale and dynamic decision-making process. This study aims to build a collective learning and collaborative construction tool through the territory game method. It was implemented in the Haouaria Plain, in Northern Tunisia, where farmers are currently dependent upon groundwater use for their livelihood and food security. After the diagnosis of the territorial issues, the drivers of change and a common spatial representation of the future trend of the territory, we dive into the dimensions that hinder or facilitate the implementation of scenarios and the pathways of actions. Thereafter, we analyzed these dimensions together again and reflect on the interactions among actors at different levels to transform the local territory. From the perspective of evolution scenarios for the Haouaria plain, the participants indicated the conditions that hinder or facilitate their implementation and they proposed twenty-three possible actions to be carried out in order to achieve the desired trends. They indicated how these propositions can be achieved, by whom, and where. The local stakeholders coordinate actors, activities and spaces on their territory. Spaces such as El Garâa basin, littoral forest or food processing companies are at stake to develop an integrated response to territorial issues.

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