Groundwater forms the basis for millions of rural and urban livelihoods in the Global South.
Its use for irrigation has spurred widespread socio-economic development in various areas …

Due to population growth, agricultural expansion, and climate change, access to water as a
basic and fundamental source has been compromised. Many solutions have been proposed …

Land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics of the Bankura district effect groundwater
resources and agricultural productivity, particularly the expansion of urban land, discharge …

One of the most important environmental issues today is the water crisis and the ensuing
security challenges. Of these, transboundary waters pose the most significant security …

Iran is performing an unsustainable groundwater management plan, causing depletion of
the aquifers and deterioration of their quality. To grapple with the prevailing challenges, the …

Although good water governance (GWG) is a widely accepted concept, mistaking its
principles for silver bullet approaches has hindered its successful applications. This …

Global groundwater overexploitation positions groundwater governance as a critical issue
for improving sustainable water management. Evidence of aquifer recovery after …

Introduction: In Iran, out of 88.5 billion water resources, about 83 billion cubic meters or
93.5% is allocated to the agricultural sector and therefore agriculture is the largest consumer …

Marginality and vulnerability as a concept are comprehensively used in studies related to
common-pool resource availability, access and use, applying different approaches. The …

Groundwater level decline is a problem experienced in aquifers with more than one
groundwater user such as the Grootfontein dolomite aquifer in the North West Province of …