Publication Date:
2016-11-11
Description:
Post conflict water management: learning from the past for recovery planning in the Orontes River basin Myriam Saadé-Sbeih, François Zwahlen, Ahmed Haj Asaad, Raoul Gonzalez, and Ronald Jaubert Proc. IAHS, 374, 17-21, doi:10.5194/piahs-374-17-2016, 2016 Water management is a fundamental issue in post-conflict planning in Syria. Based on historical water balance assessment, this study identifies the drivers of the profound changes that took place in the Lebanese and Syrian parts of the Orontes River basin since the 1930s. Both drastic effects of the conflict on the hydro-system and the strong uncontrolled anthropization of the river basin prior to the crisis have to be considered in the design of recovery interventions.
Print ISSN:
2199-8981
Electronic ISSN:
2199-899X
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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Geography