Alternative water management scenarios for Saudi Arabia

R L De Jong; R I Al Layla; Willem Selen

doi:10.1080/07900628908722413

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Alternative water management scenarios for Saudi Arabia

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Alternative water management scenarios for Saudi Arabia

R L De Jong, R I Al Layla and Willem Selen

International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol.5(1), pp.56-62

1989

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900628908722413

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Abstract

groundwater

population growth

socio-economic future

water management

Saudi Arabia

The socioeconomic future of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will to a large extent depend on the successful matching of its extremely limited water resources with demands for water primarily determined by population growth. Reviews and roughly quantifies the demand and supply parameters and then proceeds to analyse four scenarios for water resources management according to four different strategies. The multiobjective approach uses the goal programming algorithm, and the most significant output parameters appear to be the notional 'water sector cost' and the rate at which non-renewable groundwater will be mined and exhausted, thereby endangering the Kingdom's water security. -Authors

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Title: Alternative water management scenarios for Saudi Arabia
Authors: R L De Jong (Author) - Water Management Consultant, France
R I Al Layla (Author) - Civil Engineering Department, Saudi Arabia
Willem Selen (Author) - Katholieke Universiteit, Netherlands
Publication details: International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol.5(1), pp.56-62
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 1989
DOI: 10.1080/07900628908722413
ISSN: 0790-0627
Copyright note: This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development 1989, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07900628908722413
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448637302621
Output Type: Journal article

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