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Title:

Landscape-based regeneration of the Nile Delta’s waterways in support of water conservation and environmental protection

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Fouad, Sara S.; Heggy, Essam; Abotalib, Abotalib Z.; Ramah, Mohamed; Jomaa, Seifeddine; Weilacher, Udo
Abstract:
Waterways’ regeneration is proposed as one of the main mitigation strategies for addressing the alarming water budget deficit in the populous, hyper-arid Egypt, relying primarily on the Nile as its most important water source. The latter is increasingly under pressure from a rise in internal consumption, droughts, and upstream damming. We perform herein a review of the state of knowledge of waterways in the Nile Delta and the environmental drivers that resulted in their degradation. We evaluate...     »
Keywords:
Waterways Environmental degradations Pollution Littering Water deficit Public perception Regeneration Nile Delta Environmental landscaping
Journal title:
Ecological Indicators
Year:
2022
Journal volume:
145
Year / month:
2022-12
Pages contribution:
109660
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109660
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
E-ISSN:
1470-160X
Date of publication:
01.12.2022
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