Stakeholders’ Perspective on Groundwater Management in Four Water-Stressed Mediterranean Areas: Priorities and Challenges

Roberta Bonì, Pietro Teatini, Claudia Zoccarato, Carolina Guardiola-Albert, Pablo Ezquerro, Guadalupe Bru, Roberto Tomás, Javier Valdes-Abellan, Conception Pla, María I. Navarro-Hernández, Alper Elçi, Baris Çaylak, Ali Hakan Ören, Khaldoun Shatanawi, Alsharifa Hind Mohammad, Husam Abu Hajar, Tommaso Letterio, Roberto Genovesi, Hazem Hreisha, Qamar Al-Mimi and Claudia Meisina
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Roberta Bonì: Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Pietro Teatini: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
Claudia Zoccarato: Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
Carolina Guardiola-Albert: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 28003 Madrid, Spain
Pablo Ezquerro: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 28003 Madrid, Spain
Guadalupe Bru: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 28003 Madrid, Spain
Roberto Tomás: Civil Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Javier Valdes-Abellan: Civil Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Conception Pla: Civil Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
María I. Navarro-Hernández: Civil Engineering Department, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Alper Elçi: Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir 35390, Turkey
Baris Çaylak: Department of Civil Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir 35390, Turkey
Ali Hakan Ören: Department of Civil Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir 35390, Turkey
Khaldoun Shatanawi: Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
Alsharifa Hind Mohammad: Water, Energy and Environment Center, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
Husam Abu Hajar: Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
Tommaso Letterio: Consorzio di Bonifica di Secondo Grado per il Canale Emiliano Romagnolo, 40137 Bologna, Italy
Roberto Genovesi: Consorzio di Bonifica di Secondo Grado per il Canale Emiliano Romagnolo, 40137 Bologna, Italy
Hazem Hreisha: Azraq Wetland Reserve, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman 11941, Jordan
Qamar Al-Mimi: Azraq Wetland Reserve, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman 11941, Jordan
Claudia Meisina: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-25

Abstract: Recent studies highlight the fragility of the Mediterranean basin against climate stresses and the difficulties of managing the sustainable development of groundwater resources. In this work, the main issues related to groundwater management have been identified from the stakeholder’s perspective in the following four representative water-stressed Mediterranean areas: the coastal aquifer of Comacchio (Italy), the Alto Guadalentín aquifer (Spain), the alluvial aquifer of the Gediz River basin (Turkey), and the Azraq aquifer (Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan). This has been achieved by designing a methodology to involve and engage a representative set of stakeholders, including a questionnaire to learn their point of view concerning the current management of aquifer systems and their experience with the already available tools for groundwater resource management, such as monitoring networks and numerical models. The outcome of the survey has allowed us to identify both particular and common challenges among the four study sites and among the various groups of stakeholders. This information provides valuable insights to improve the transfer of scientific knowledge from the research centers to the authorities managing the groundwater resources and it will help to plan more effective research activities on aquifer management. The proposed methodology could be applied in other aquifers facing similar problems.

Keywords: groundwater management; Mediterranean; stakeholder engagement; water-stressed areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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