Water Resources of GCC: International Aspects
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 115, Issue 4
Abstract
Rapid economic development in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council has led to major hydrologic stresses being laid on the aquifers underlying most of the Arabian Peninsula. These aquifers presently constitute the major local resource and, to a significant degree, they are shared across international boundaries. The “Basic Law” of the GCC provides necessary and sufficient rules for the creation of an international framework to manage these shared groundwater resources.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 115 • Issue 4 • July 1989
Pages: 503 - 510
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Copyright © 1989 ASCE.
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Published online: Jul 1, 1989
Published in print: Jul 1989
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