Water Scarcity in Cyprus: A Review and Call for Integrated Policy
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This article is a study of water scarcity in Cyprus, examining the implications on the demand and supply side of water under the transformations caused by economic development, urbanisation and environmental changes. Measures and actions taken by water stakeholders to tackle the water poverty issue are discussed and assessed, together with possible future solution methods. In the light of the success of global climate models to forecast future conditions and advances in integrated management tools, the suggestion here is the need for a global systems approach to help guide policy decisions.
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Groundwater over-pumping, salinization of coastal aquifers and agricultural lands, land degradation, and soil and water pollution from irrational use of agrochemicals are major concerns for the areas' agriculture.
“Groundwater over-pumping-motivated by insu cient water supply-due to a large number of private boreholes used for irrigation and subsequent salinization of coastal aquifers and agricultural lands, as well as land degradation, soil, and water pollution from the irrational use of agrochemicals, as a result of intensive farming and monocultures, are also major concerns for the areas' agriculture [23,”
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Sections 3.1 (Sources of Water Supply) and 3.2 (Water Quality) describe irrigation shortages, private boreholes, groundwater over-pumping, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, and agricultural contributions to water pollution. They do not establish salinization of agricultural land, land degradation, soil pollution, or monocultures as causes of these problems. Page numbers are not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Sofroniou, A., & Bishop, S.
- Affiliations
- University of West London (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Sofroniou, Anastasia
- Venue
- Water
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2014-09-29
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2898-2928
- ISSN
- 2073-4441 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2078368473
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 1.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Water (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- UWL Repository (University of West London) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H02185X/1, EP/J005207/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Water resources management and optimization
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental Science and Water Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resources and Sustainability
- Keywords
- water scarcity, Cyprus, water poverty, water demand, water supply, urbanization, economic development, climate change impacts, integrated water resources management, water policy
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