National Water Security: Case Study of an Arid Country: Tunisia

by Jamel Chahed, Mustapha Besbes, Abdelkader Hamdane

Book Overview

This book shows how the change of water paradigm has become urgent, and provides evidence for new policies that expand water balance to green and virtual water. The issue of water security concerns drinking water supply but also food safety, linked to agricultural policy. Both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture play complementary roles in food security, and the water issue implies a holistic view of water resources. This view constitutes the book's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303009247X
• ISBN13: 9783030092474
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"