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Groundwater resource management and environmental protection

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  • Mohan Munasinghe

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Population and economic developmental pressures will continue to put increasing pressure on the environment, especially on scarce water resources. Meanwhile, large numbers of poor families in the developing countries still lack access to safe water. An integrated water resource planning and policy analysis framework is presented that permits the main issues and alternative options to be systematically considered and prioritized, especially problems arising from groundwater pollution. Basic principles of water resource economics are used to illustrate how the neglect of long‐term environmental considerations jeopardizes the availability and quality of groundwater resources in the Greater Manila area. This paper contains a brief overview of drinking water and sanitation issues in developing countries, presents a policy‐oriented analysis of a groundwater problem of great relevance worldwide, and demonstrates how the study conclusions might be implemented practically in a constrained developing country context.

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  • Mohan Munasinghe, 1991. "Groundwater resource management and environmental protection," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 15(4), pages 302-312, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:15:y:1991:i:4:p:302-312
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1991.tb00150.x
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    1. Mohan Munasinghe, 1990. "Water supply policies and issues in developing countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(1), pages 33-48, February.
    2. S. S. D. Foster, 1986. "Getting to Grips with Groundwater Pollution Protection in Developing Countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(1), pages 51-60, February.
    3. Mohan Munasinghe, 1990. "The pricing of water services in developing countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(3), pages 193-209, August.
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