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Individual water sourcing: understanding risks and resilience to groundwater resource abstraction in Nigeria
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Adrian Healy, S. Allan, Gillian Bristow, S. Capstick, Kerstin Danert, I. Goni, A. MacDonald, M. Tijani, K. Upton, K. WhitmarshAcross much of Africa, domestic water supplies are increasingly dependent on groundwater reserves. As
the cost of accessing these reserves fall, expertise becomes more widely available and incomes rise there
is a rising trend towards the private commissioning of boreholes and wells. This nascent shift towards a
distributed and increasingly individualised water supply may have many implications for the resilience of
communities to future environmental shocks, which are, as yet, under-explored. Drawing on the case of
Nigeria and new interdisciplinary research, this paper addresses this gap, through a specific focus on
understanding the behaviour and choices of individuals and other key stakeholders which underpin this
trend. It also seeks to understand the possible implications of this for the resilience of associated social
and ecological systems.
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HEALY, A. ... et al, 2017. Individual water sourcing: understanding risks and resilience to groundwater resource abstraction in Nigeria. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Local action with international cooperation to improve and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: Proceedings of the 40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK, 24-28 July 2017, Paper 2690, 5pp.Publisher
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