NDRD

Gulf Cooperation Council
Network for Drylands Research & Development

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مجلس التعاون الخليجي لدراسات

الأراضي القاحلة و التطوير

Dryland Hydrology

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Recommended Papers:

Resistivity Methods for Groundwater Exploration in the Cretaceous-Tertiary Sedimentary Sequence, East of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
in: Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Volume 13, Paper 19, 2005  Abstract

Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Bassam
King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
 

NDRD Related Research

• Climate Change and Human Security in the GCC:
  Implications for Vulnerability, Adaptation and Sustainable
  Development of the Affected Populace to Hydrological Changes
   
• Improving access to water and sanitation in the MENA region:
  rethinking the way forward in light of the
  Millennium Development Goals

The GCC countries have recognized the concept, that they share comparable ecosystems and scarcity of water resources and as such can address the issues and find solutions to the sustainable development of water resources within this regional forum. Within the scope of developing a suitable framework for the sustainable use of water resources, the "Sixth Gulf Water Conference" held in Riyadh recommended initiatives both within and between the states.

 

A real treasure of information on dryland hydrology are the papers from the "Sixth Gulf Water Conference"
Theme: Water in the GCC… Towards Sustainable Development
8 – 12 March, 2003 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (sorry this interesting link disappeared!)