干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient "Foggara" and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia)

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DOI	10.1007/s41207-018-0070-0
	Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient "Foggara" and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia)
	Mokadem, Naziha; Redhaounia, Belgacem; Besser, Houda; Ayadi, Yosra; Khelifi, Faten; Hamad, Amor; Hamed, Younes; Bouri, Salem
通讯作者	Redhaounia, B
来源期刊	EURO-MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION
ISSN	2365-6433
EISSN	2365-7448
出版年	2018
卷号	3 期号:1
英文摘要	The rising increase in groundwater abstraction to serve the industrial sector and to fulfill the agricultural and domestic needs, coupled with severe drought periods during the past decades, leads to a growing deficit of water. The drawdown of piezometric levels and progressing degradation of water quality are the main consequences of such intensive exploitation. In this connection, the present study emphasizes the major effects of groundwater resource overexploitation in Southern Tunisia, and it evaluates its impacts on the ancient mkayel "Foggara" system. Although it is crucial role in various aspects of modern society, especially in Gafsa basin ("El Guettar region", central of Tunisia), this system is facing an increasing abandonment with the introduction of new technologies in response to the irrational exploitation. The mkayel are particularly susceptible to impairment by groundwater withdrawals with modern wells and pumps. In arid regions, the proper conservation and maintenance of the mkayel systems constitute promising alternatives for sustainable water management and for supporting economic development. In the past few decades, we witness a gradual disappearance of these galleries by an average loss of a dozen of mkayels per year for over half of a century expressed by a significant drop in the discharge of the 800 functional mkayels, enough to irrigate 450 ha, from 1000 l/s in 1900, 200 l/s in 1960, and 5 l/s in 1975 to 0 l/s in 2011 related to technical, social, and environmental causes. Despite the continuous extinction of mkayels, many Arabic countries still consider it as an important system of water transfer.
英文关键词	Overexploitation Groundwater Mkayel Arid lands Gafsa basin Tunisia
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Other Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000459074000028
WOS关键词	WATER-RESOURCES ; QANATS ; IRRIGATION ; OMAN
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Scopus学科分类	Int Assoc Water Resources, Gafsa, Tunisia.
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333304
作者单位	[Mokadem, Naziha; Bouri, Salem] Natl Engineers Coll Sfax Tunisia ENIS, Water Energy & Environm Lab L3E, St Soukra Km 3-5, Sfax 3038, Tunisia; [Redhaounia, Belgacem] Water Res & Technol Ctr Borj Cedria CERTE, Georesources Lab, BP 273, Soliman 8020, Tunisia; [Besser, Houda; Ayadi, Yosra; Khelifi, Faten; Hamed, Younes] Fac Sci Gafsa, Res Unity Water Energy & Climate, Gafsa, Tunisia; [Hamad, Amor] Fac Sci Tebessa, Res Unity B Water & Environm, Tebessa, Algeria; [Mokadem, Naziha; Redhaounia, Belgacem; Besser, Houda; Ayadi, Yosra; Khelifi, Faten; Hamad, Amor; Hamed, Younes] Int Assoc Water Resources, Gafsa, Tunisia; [Khelifi, Faten] Univ Carthage, Fac Sci Bizerte, Dept Earth Sci, Jarzouna 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mokadem, Naziha,Redhaounia, Belgacem,Besser, Houda,et al. Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient "Foggara" and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia)[J],2018,3(1).
APA	Mokadem, Naziha.,Redhaounia, Belgacem.,Besser, Houda.,Ayadi, Yosra.,Khelifi, Faten.,...&Bouri, Salem.(2018).Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient "Foggara" and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia).EURO-MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION,3(1).
MLA	Mokadem, Naziha,et al."Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient "Foggara" and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia)".EURO-MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION 3.1(2018).