Preface
This volume came into conception to highlight the sustainability of water resources
in Dakhla Oasis. This unique volume is authored by experts in the topic from Egypt
and Japan to present the results and findings of their research and the state of the
art of knowledge related to the book title. The volume is divided into five parts and
contains 16 chapters including introductory and conclusion chapters written by more
than 20 authors.
This book was planned to mainly publish the results of the research on Dakhla
Oasis, and with the cooperation of researchers of various disciplines who have
been conducting fieldworks in Dakhla Oasis to cover important topics related to
the sustainable water solutions in the Dakhla Oasis.
This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on
water issues from natural and social scientists focusing on water management and
structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis, Western
Desert of Egypt. Dakhla Oasis is a challenging field for the study of sustainability and
environment, because it depends upon groundwater which is almost unsustainable
in nature. How can we realize sustainable development in an unsustainable water
condition? This difficult paradoxical question is not relevant only to Dakhla Oasis,
but also to the world in the twentieth century where the environmental problems are
becoming increasingly important. Hence, although the book focuses on Dakhla Oasis
in Western Desert of Egypt, it can serve as a reference for practitioners and experts
of different organizations concerned with sustainability in arid regions. Equally,
we hope that researchers, designers, and workers in the field of sustainability and
environments covered in the book will find the text of interest and a useful reference
source.
The subject of water and sustainable development is a wide-ranging one, and only
some of the most basic aspects and environmental problems are covered in this book.
It soon became apparent that although a number of good books may be available on
oasis or sustainability, no text covered the sustainable development of oasis. Thus,
the idea of “Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis”
book came about. By gathering the researchers, experts and scientists from Egypt
and Japan of different disciplines, this book hopes to shed light on the way to keep
the oasis sustainable.
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This volume came into conception to highlight the sustainability of water resources
in Dakhla Oasis. This unique volume is authored by experts in the topic from Egypt
and Japan to present the results and findings of their research and the state of the
art of knowledge related to the book title. The volume is divided into five parts and
contains 16 chapters including introductory and conclusion chapters written by more
than 20 authors.
This book was planned to mainly publish the results of the research on Dakhla
Oasis, and with the cooperation of researchers of various disciplines who have
been conducting fieldworks in Dakhla Oasis to cover important topics related to
the sustainable water solutions in the Dakhla Oasis.
This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on
water issues from natural and social scientists focusing on water management and
structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis, Western
Desert of Egypt. Dakhla Oasis is a challenging field for the study of sustainability and
environment, because it depends upon groundwater which is almost unsustainable
in nature. How can we realize sustainable development in an unsustainable water
condition? This difficult paradoxical question is not relevant only to Dakhla Oasis,
but also to the world in the twentieth century where the environmental problems are
becoming increasingly important. Hence, although the book focuses on Dakhla Oasis
in Western Desert of Egypt, it can serve as a reference for practitioners and experts
of different organizations concerned with sustainability in arid regions. Equally,
we hope that researchers, designers, and workers in the field of sustainability and
environments covered in the book will find the text of interest and a useful reference
source.
The subject of water and sustainable development is a wide-ranging one, and only
some of the most basic aspects and environmental problems are covered in this book.
It soon became apparent that although a number of good books may be available on
oasis or sustainability, no text covered the sustainable development of oasis. Thus,
the idea of “Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis”
book came about. By gathering the researchers, experts and scientists from Egypt
and Japan of different disciplines, this book hopes to shed light on the way to keep
the oasis sustainable.
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