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Climate Change and Water Resources Management in Arab Countries

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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Climate change has a multitude of immediate and long-term impacts on water resources in Arab countries.

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  1. Agriculture Research Centre, Soils, Water & Environment Research Institute, MINAGRI, Giza, 12619, Egypt

    Attia El Gayar

  2. Faculty Sciences of Gafsa-Tunisia, Unit Research of 3G, Gabès, Tunisia

    Younes Hamed

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  1. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax Sfax National School of Engineering, Sfax, Tunisia

    Amjad Kallel

  2. Higher Instit. of Biotechnol. of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Ksibi

  3. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax Sfax National School of Engineering, Sfax, Tunisia

    Hamed Ben Dhia

  4. Springer Nature , Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Nabil Khélifi

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Gayar, A.E., Hamed, Y. (2018). Climate Change and Water Resources Management in Arab Countries. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_31

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