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100			_aForest, Joshua B.
245			_aWater policy and environment at sustainability: the case of post-colonial Namibia
260			_c2001
300			_ap.393-400
362			_aDec
520			_aIn 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			_aWater resources
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a51785
999			_c51785 _d51785