Publications tagged with groundwater management
Developing Substitution Resources as Compensation for Reduced Groundwater Entitlements: The Case of the Poitou Marshes (France)
2020 -
Douez,Olivier
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du Peuty,Jean Eudes
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Lepercq,Daniel
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Montginoul,Marielle
This chapter describes the groundwater management policy implemented in the Poitou marshes, a 100,000 ha wetland located on the Atlantic coast in Western France. Similarly to other French basins, irrigated agriculture has rapidly developed since the 1980s, mainly based on groundwater exploitation. …
Sustainable groundwater management in France and Australia: setting extraction limits, allocating rights and reallocation
2020 -
Barnett,Steve
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Holley,Cameron
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Montginoul,Marielle
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Rinaudo,Jean-Daniel
This chapter briefly introduces the main policy developments from both France and Australia regarding groundwater management and their particular approach to setting caps, allocating rights and allowing reallocations. It then presents the objectives of the book and explores the book's contribution…