The current problems with regards to water overuse in Yemeni agriculture can be explained by the existence and continuous application of customary rights and traditional institutions while, at the same time, modern technology is widely used. Taking the example of Harîb, a valley in the eastern and dry escarpment of Yemen, this paper will show how different legal levels govern water use. Moreover, attempts by the central government to introduce new water legislation will be outlined. It will become apparent that customary water rights are inadequate to address many of the problems posed by the introduction of modern technology. Yet these rights persist largely because of vested economic interests. Only the introduction and applicat...
Water scarcity often leads to water disputes. New water supplies—such as bulk water imports, desalin...
World financial support for Yemen has concentrated on improved irrigation technology as the primary ...
The premise of this paper is that there has been a significant shift in the prevailing discourse on ...
The current problems with regards to water overuse in Yemeni agriculture can be explained by the ex...
The availability of precious water resources makes possible continuing existence in the world’s arid...
The chapter focuses on water because of the crucial importance of that resource in a semiarid countr...
Yemen is currently in the midst of great unrest. Amongst many different conflicts there is one that ...
agriculture still consumes more than 80 % of the total water used (Biswas, 1996). So, sustained effo...
Population growth, poverty and property management problems are often advanced to explain resource ...
Friday's Water : Water Rights and Social Hierarchy in Sharqiya Water ownership, like that of land,...
Sana'a, the ancient capital of Yemen, is on course to become the first major world city to 'fail' th...
Groundwater is the fundamental key issue of water resource management. But due to the uniqueness of ...
Living customary water tenure is the most accepted socio-legal system among the large majority of ru...
The coastal areas in Yemen are threatened by much environmental degradationsuch as sand dunes moveme...
The overuse of groundwater in Yemen is now recognized as a national security issue. Groundwater expl...
Water scarcity often leads to water disputes. New water supplies—such as bulk water imports, desalin...
World financial support for Yemen has concentrated on improved irrigation technology as the primary ...
The premise of this paper is that there has been a significant shift in the prevailing discourse on ...
The current problems with regards to water overuse in Yemeni agriculture can be explained by the ex...
The availability of precious water resources makes possible continuing existence in the world’s arid...
The chapter focuses on water because of the crucial importance of that resource in a semiarid countr...
Yemen is currently in the midst of great unrest. Amongst many different conflicts there is one that ...
agriculture still consumes more than 80 % of the total water used (Biswas, 1996). So, sustained effo...
Population growth, poverty and property management problems are often advanced to explain resource ...
Friday's Water : Water Rights and Social Hierarchy in Sharqiya Water ownership, like that of land,...
Sana'a, the ancient capital of Yemen, is on course to become the first major world city to 'fail' th...
Groundwater is the fundamental key issue of water resource management. But due to the uniqueness of ...
Living customary water tenure is the most accepted socio-legal system among the large majority of ru...
The coastal areas in Yemen are threatened by much environmental degradationsuch as sand dunes moveme...
The overuse of groundwater in Yemen is now recognized as a national security issue. Groundwater expl...
Water scarcity often leads to water disputes. New water supplies—such as bulk water imports, desalin...
World financial support for Yemen has concentrated on improved irrigation technology as the primary ...
The premise of this paper is that there has been a significant shift in the prevailing discourse on ...