Objectives
The principal objectives of this WP will be to evaluate the socio-economic
importance of water resources from shallow alluvial aquifers for the
population of the study basins and to understand environmental changes
within catchment areas in terms of water management, land use, policy,
climate change and other determining factors. The impact of current
policy options and institutional structures on the sustainability of
alluvial aquifer management practices will be determined. Finally
strategies for an integrated water management approach, using floodwater
as a water resource, will be formulated using the data generated in WP’s
2-6. The WP will use socio-anthropological methods and community
participation, with the cooperation of, and facilitation by, the WADE
end-users.
