Civil Engineering
The water poverty index as an assistant tool for drawing strategies of the Egyptian water sector

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Abstract

Developing strategies for the water sector in integrated manner is essential. The present study details the development and uses of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) to be applied as a holistic tool for the conceptualization of water strategies in Egypt. The WPI herein considers the following: (i) water availability; (ii) access to water taking into account energy as a factor to water system operation; (iii) capacity to manage the water system considering the gender perspective; (iv) allocation of water uses considering the economic value of water; and (v) quality of the environment. The developed WPI was applied at the Egyptian governorates level and priorities to be achieved in their water sector were determined. The study concluded that, WPI as a summarized index combines into a single number a cluster of data is considered a robust tool to assist decision makers in determining priority to conduct prospect development plans in the water sector.

Keywords

Water poverty index
Water accessibility
Water availability
Managing water use
Environment
Gender

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Dr. Inas El-Gafy is associate professor at Strategic Research Unit-National Water Research Center. She had several years of experience in the fields of water resources strategy and policies, decision support system for integrated water resources and environmental management, integrated environmental management, water footprint, evaluating economic water productivity, desalination, developing evaluating indicators for environmental and water resources management, climatic change, development of database and GIS, mainstreaming gender dimensions into water resources management, green economy, assessment of water user associations role, water quality assessment, and water-food-energy-climate nexus. Dr. El-Gafy has more 28 scientific papers that publish in national and international journal and conferences.

Peer review under responsibility of Ain Shams University.

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