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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Forest, Joshua B. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Water policy and environment at sustainability: the case of post-colonial Namibia |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2001 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.393-400 |
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| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Dec |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In semi-arid countries, particularly in Africa, governments have evolved water policies oriented toward `techno-giantist', grant-scale schemes that have generally accelerated the depletion of national water tables. In Namibia, such a techno-giantist water management strategy was utilized to reinforce the privileges of white minority farmers prior to independence, and was subsequently expanded to provide modern water facilities to the black African majority in the post-independence period. The government has pursued not only the construction of a massive new system of pipelines and boreholes, but also the development of giant dam-building and river canal schemes that are likely to result in watershed depletion over the long term. This reflects state leaders' belief in the imagery of political potency projected by the government's ability to build macro-scale water systems. However, a water supply approach focused on more micro-lvel extraction techniques through which aquifer recharge is prioritized is more likely to assure both local-level water access and water table sustainability. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Water resources |
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Public Administration and Development |
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