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5 Category and issue Policies for facilitating adaptation to impacts Criteria
Table 4b: Helping society adapt to impacts

High groundwater and soil
treatment cost
9-12 December, 2013 Reduced properties/farms
Land degradation and
reduced income from crops

value
Citizen migration and social Desalination plant installation
conflicts
Expected threats to
ecosystems and habitats
Lost the recreational value
of water and eco-tourism
Expected social
transformation from rural
to urban city
Sea water Intrusion and Recharge dam building
Salinization

4. Step D: Policy Gaps

Table 5 Policy Gaps

Driving force Pressure State Impact
Description Population growth Increase solid Groundwater Reduced the quantity of
rates and liquid waste deterioration freshwater and getting alternative
Anthropogenic discharge (quality and source with higher cost and not
activities Increasing demands quantity) sustainable
(Agricultural & GW over- Expected health effect to human
Municipal) exploitation and livestock
Economic Reduction in High groundwater and soil
development groundwater treatment cost
Urbanization recharge Land degradation and reduced
expansion Poor environmental income from crops
Frequent drought practices in waste
periods management

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