Water Banking as a Strategy for the Management and Conservation of a Critical Resource: A Case Study from Tunisia’s Medjerda River Basin (MRB)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background on the Medjerda Water Management: Drivers and Challenges
3. The Medjerda River Basin (MRB) and Water System
4. The Hydro-Economic Model
4.1. The Model
No Water Trade Management Option
4.2. Calibration
4.3. Scenario Analysis: Exploring the Interplay of Climate, Management, and Demand in Water Allocations
5. Results and Discussion
5.1. Scenario 0—Baseline
5.2. Scenarios 1–6
5.3. Decision Analysis: Risk Profiles
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sawassi, A.; Khadra, R.; Crookston, B. Water Banking as a Strategy for the Management and Conservation of a Critical Resource: A Case Study from Tunisia’s Medjerda River Basin (MRB). Sustainability 2024, 16, 3875. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093875
Sawassi A, Khadra R, Crookston B. Water Banking as a Strategy for the Management and Conservation of a Critical Resource: A Case Study from Tunisia’s Medjerda River Basin (MRB). Sustainability. 2024; 16(9):3875. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093875
Chicago/Turabian StyleSawassi, Aymen, Roula Khadra, and Brian Crookston. 2024. "Water Banking as a Strategy for the Management and Conservation of a Critical Resource: A Case Study from Tunisia’s Medjerda River Basin (MRB)" Sustainability 16, no. 9: 3875. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093875