Water resources management in Mexico : The role of the water rights adjustment program (WRAP) in water sustainability and rural development (English)

Water resources management represents one of Mexico's most urgent environmental challenges today, and one that impacts heavily on the economy. Mexico continues to grapple with water management problems resulting from a long period of unsustainable exploitation of both surface and groundwater resources in many areas. The root of such problems includes over allocation of concessions, unsustainable extraction patterns, and inadequate regulation and enforcement...

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Asad,Musa S. C.;

Garduno,Hector;
Document Date
2005/08/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
34636
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Water resources management in Mexico : The role of the water rights adjustment program (WRAP) in water sustainability and rural development
Keywords
Aquifer

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Asad,Musa S. C.; Garduno,Hector.

Water resources management in Mexico : The role of the water rights adjustment program (WRAP) in water sustainability and rural development (English). Latin America and Caribbean Region Sustainable Development working paper ; No. 24 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/224841468761380289

Water resources management in Mexico : The role of the water rights adjustment program (WRAP) in water sustainability and rural development (English)

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