Climate Change and Water Resources in Algeria : Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Strategy

• Autorzy: Touitou Mohammed , Abul Quasem Al-Amin

Warianty tytułu

Zmiany klimatyczne i zasoby wodne w Algierii : podatność, wpływ i strategia adaptacyjna

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The climate changes going on for a long time now have ceased to be a scientific curiosity. They constitute the major environmental question which dominates our time and pose the major challenge to environmental organizations of control. Water is one of the most important raw materials in Algeria. Because of its importance, it is essential to know its vulnerability with the climate changes. In Algeria, the vulnerability due to the climate changes is expressed through several aspects: demographic explosion, probable reduction in the water run-offs, scarcity of the resources, the degradation of the hydraulic infrastructures, threats to wetlands, etc. In the face of this situation, Algeria has taken quantitative and qualitative adaptive measures within the framework of durable management of this invaluable resource for the future. (original abstract)

Zmiany klimatu przez długi czas przestały być ciekawostką naukową. Stanowią one główne zagadnienie ekologiczne, które dominuje nad naszym czasem i główne wyzwanie, na które muszą odpowiedzieć organizacje ochrony środowiska. Woda jest jednym z najważniejszych surowców w Algierii. Ze względu na jego znaczenie niezbędne jest poznanie jego wrażliwości na zmiany klimatu. W Algierii wrażliwość na zmiany klimatyczne wyraża się w kilku aspektach: eksplozja demograficzna, prawdopodobna redukcja spływów wody, niedobór zasobów, degradacja infrastruktury hydraulicznej, zagrożenia na mokradłach ... itd. Staw czoła tej sytuacji, Algieria dostosował środki ilościowe i jakościowe w ramach trwałego zarządzania tym nieocenionym zasobem na przyszłość. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Climate change; Water resources

PL

Zmiany klimatyczne; Zasoby wodne

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 411--429

Twórcy

autor

Touitou Mohammed

• University of Algiers 3, Algeria

autor

Abul Quasem Al-Amin

• Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia

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DOI

10.25167/ees.2018.45.23