Reviving Indigenous Water Management Practices in Morocco: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Development

by Sandrine Simon

Overview

This book demonstrates how Morocco and other semi-arid countries can find solutions to water scarcity by rediscovering traditional methods of water resource management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367611132
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2023
Series:	Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sandrine Simon holds a PhD in Ecological Economics from Keele University, UK. She has worked as a Research Fellow for Forum for the Future, lectured at the Open University, UK, at the Centre for Complexity and Change, and at the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fès, Morocco (UEMF). She is currently based as a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) of the Lusofona University of Lisbon, Portugal, where she focuses on urban agriculture, resilient cities, and territorial education.

Table of Contents

PART I Indigenous North African water heritage: a lesson in agro-ecology 1 Reviving indigenous water heritage; 2 A mixed heritage of traditional water management systems; PART II Paradigm shift: characteristics of “modern water management” in Morocco 3 Modernizing water management: a historical perspective; 4 Three key characteristics of Moroccan water management in the XXth c.; PART III New paths in water management: towards alternative development 5 Climate change, water stress, and the need for a new development paradigm; 6 Appropriate technologies: managing water scarcities in the XXIst c.; 7 Towards new forms of water governance; Conclusion: reviving practices, revaluing people