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Water security and groundwater
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Foster, S. Villholth, Karen G. Scanlon, B. Xu, Y. |
| Description | The concept of water security clarifies how water-resource scarcity impacts at varying geographic scales and on different socio-economic sectors, causing allocation conflicts and environmental risks • the large natural storage of most groundwater systems offers exceptional drought resilience and is well positioned to enhance water security for a wide range of water users • to perform this role sustainably groundwater systems require better data and analyses to inform water resource administration and effective pollution protection |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/45f40f6d-cb19-4093-ad7c-3f04f3708033 |
| File Format | |
| Journal | International Association of Hydrogeologists |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Subject Keyword | Water, Land and Ecosystems Variability, Risks and Competing Uses Droughts Groundwater Socio-economics Water Use Water Storage |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |