Landverteilung und Oasensterben: Das Beispiel der omanischen Küstenebene "Al Batinah" (Land Distribution and the Demise of Oases)

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Titre

Landverteilung und Oasensterben: Das Beispiel der omanischen Küstenebene "Al Batinah" (Land Distribution and the Demise of Oases)

Créateur

Scholz, Fred Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

1982

Dans

Erdkunde Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Land distribution and the demise of oases The remarkable effort of theOman government to develop the country and intensify the use of the agricultural resources after 1970 resulted in many reforms including those in agriculture. These involve land distribution, the use of technical implements and fertilizers, and above all the improvement of irrigation. In the coastal plain ofAl Batinah these innovations spread quickly and the results are especially clearly visible. Here, the land distribution, the farm building and the use of motor-pumps lead to a disturbance of the unstable, hydrological and ecological balance. For instance, saline ground-water is advancing inland from the sea, the salt content of irrigation water is increasing and ground-water level is sinking. Consequently, the date-palms in the coastal oasis, used for centuries, are dying and the coastel oasis itself is "shrinking". The government has recognized these problems and taken counter measures. It is not yet possible to estimate how successful they will be.

Langue

ger

volume

36

numéro

3

pages

199-207

Scholz, Fred, “Landverteilung und Oasensterben: Das Beispiel der omanischen Küstenebene "Al Batinah" (Land Distribution and the Demise of Oases)”, 1982, bibliographie, consulté le 19 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/10347