Water troubles in a Pacific atoll town
South Tarawa is a town on an isolated Pacific atoll of approximately 46,000 people, with absolute water scarcity, poor water safety and consequently water-related problems. It relies on shallow groundwater, with contributions from rainwater tanks and desalination. Due to a combination of factors such as small scale, limited human resources, system complexity, isolation and lack of financial resources, water management capacity is inadequate. Sustainability of groundwater resources is also uncertain and there are indications that groundwater has been extracted above the sustainable pumping rates. Social complexity is highlighted by the resistance from traditional landowners to the attempts to deal with the supply-side deficit through establishment of new infiltration galleries. In this paper, issues relating to water management in South Tarawa are reviewed. This follows on to an exploration of possible strategies to improve the existing situation. This research forms an empirical building block in the foundation of a larger study, aiming at developing a framework for strategic and adaptive small town water management. In particular, the larger study explores the options and viability of co-management of water and land resources in small scale urban areas as an alternative to traditional urban management approaches.
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dig-cirad-fr-5484472024-01-28T16:52:32Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/548447/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/548447/ Water troubles in a Pacific atoll town. Moglia Magnus, Perez Pascal, Burn Stewart. 2008. Water Policy, 10 (6) : 613-637.https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.004 <https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.004> Water troubles in a Pacific atoll town Moglia, Magnus Perez, Pascal Burn, Stewart eng 2008 Water Policy P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion gestion des eaux atoll eau souterraine eau de pluie approvisionnement en eau qualité de l'eau zone urbaine ressource en eau propriétaire foncier environnement socioéconomique http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8320 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_695 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3391 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25202 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8328 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16061 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8085 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8325 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4184 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26824 Kiribati http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3261 South Tarawa is a town on an isolated Pacific atoll of approximately 46,000 people, with absolute water scarcity, poor water safety and consequently water-related problems. It relies on shallow groundwater, with contributions from rainwater tanks and desalination. Due to a combination of factors such as small scale, limited human resources, system complexity, isolation and lack of financial resources, water management capacity is inadequate. Sustainability of groundwater resources is also uncertain and there are indications that groundwater has been extracted above the sustainable pumping rates. Social complexity is highlighted by the resistance from traditional landowners to the attempts to deal with the supply-side deficit through establishment of new infiltration galleries. In this paper, issues relating to water management in South Tarawa are reviewed. This follows on to an exploration of possible strategies to improve the existing situation. This research forms an empirical building block in the foundation of a larger study, aiming at developing a framework for strategic and adaptive small town water management. In particular, the larger study explores the options and viability of co-management of water and land resources in small scale urban areas as an alternative to traditional urban management approaches. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/548447/1/document_548447.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.004 10.2166/wp.2008.004 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2166/wp.2008.004 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2008.004 |
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South Tarawa is a town on an isolated Pacific atoll of approximately 46,000 people, with absolute water scarcity, poor water safety and consequently water-related problems. It relies on shallow groundwater, with contributions from rainwater tanks and desalination. Due to a combination of factors such as small scale, limited human resources, system complexity, isolation and lack of financial resources, water management capacity is inadequate. Sustainability of groundwater resources is also uncertain and there are indications that groundwater has been extracted above the sustainable pumping rates. Social complexity is highlighted by the resistance from traditional landowners to the attempts to deal with the supply-side deficit through establishment of new infiltration galleries. In this paper, issues relating to water management in South Tarawa are reviewed. This follows on to an exploration of possible strategies to improve the existing situation. This research forms an empirical building block in the foundation of a larger study, aiming at developing a framework for strategic and adaptive small town water management. In particular, the larger study explores the options and viability of co-management of water and land resources in small scale urban areas as an alternative to traditional urban management approaches. |
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P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion gestion des eaux atoll eau souterraine eau de pluie approvisionnement en eau qualité de l'eau zone urbaine ressource en eau propriétaire foncier environnement socioéconomique http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8320 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_695 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3391 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25202 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8328 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16061 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8085 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8325 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4184 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26824 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3261 |
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