The Journey from Safe Yield to Sustainability
Ground Water
By: W.M. Alley and S. A. Leake
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Abstract
Safe-yield concepts historically focused attention on the economic and legal aspects of ground water development. Sustainability concerns have brought environmental aspects more to the forefront and have resulted in a more integrated outlook. Water resources sustainability is not a purely scientific concept, but rather a perspective that can frame scientific analysis. The evolving concept of sustainability presents a challenge to hydrologists to translate complex, and sometimes vague, socioeconomic and political questions into technical questions that can be quantified systematically. Hydrologists can contribute to sustainable water resources management by presenting the longer-term implications of ground water development as an integral part of their analyses.
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Alley, W., Leake, S.A., 2004, The Journey from Safe Yield to Sustainability: Ground Water, v. 42, no. 1, p. 12-16, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02446.x.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The Journey from Safe Yield to Sustainability |
| Series title | Ground Water |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02446.x |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | December 13, 2005 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Ground Water |
| First page | 12 |
| Last page | 16 |