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THE UNITED NATIONS GROUND WATER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ‐ A FIFTEEN YEAR PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Taylor George C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1979.tb00403.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , economic shortage , groundwater , resource (disambiguation) , environmental planning , business , irrigation , water supply , economic growth , water resource management , water resources , natural resource economics , geography , environmental science , economics , environmental engineering , engineering , government (linguistics) , computer network , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , computer science , biology
The United Nations ground water exploration and development programme during 15 years of active life, has resulted in substantial socio‐economic benefits to 57 developing countries through some 100 ground water projects. Systematic study, development and use of this important resource have contributed to intensification of agricultural production through supplemental irrigation from ground water; alleviation of water shortages in urban and industrial areas through construction of supply wells; improvement and stabilization of pastoral and rural economies, thereby counteracting in some measure adverse demographic trends of migration to the cities; and other related benefits in training, institutional development, and development of national water policies and plans.