Can agricultural groundwater economies collapse? An inquiry into the pathways of four groundwater economies under threat = Les économies agricoles reposant sur l¿eau souterraine peuvent-elles s¿effondrer ? Une enquête sur les trajectoires de quatre économies basées sur l¿eau souterraine menacées = A economia agrícola baseada nas águas subterrâneas pode colapsar? Uma investigação nos caminhos de quatro casos sob ameaça = ¿Pueden colapsar las economías agrícolas a base de aguas subterráneas? Una investigación sobre las trayectorias bajo amenaza de cuatro economías de agua subterránea

Petit O., Kuper M., López-Gunn E., Rinaudo J.D., Daoudi A., Lejars C.
2017

The aim of this paper is to investigate the notion of collapse of agricultural groundwater economies using the adaptive-cycle analytical framework. This framework was applied to four case studies in southern Europe and North Africa to question and discuss the dynamics of agricultural groundwater economies. In two case studies (Saiss in Morocco and Clain basin in France), the imminent physical or ...

Agriculture - Considérations générales; Economie de la production; Ressources en eau et leur gestion; Irrigation