This book presents the most recent innovations, trends, concerns and practical challenges, and solutions in the field of water resources for arid areas. It gathers outstanding contributions presented at the International Water Conference on Water Resources in Arid Areas (IWC 2016), which was held in Muscat, Oman in March 2016.

Paleoclimatic Registers From Semi-Arid Costal Sediments Of Southeastern India: A Multi Proxy Approach.- Collective Impact of Upstream Anthropogenic Interventions and Prolonged Droughts on Downstream Basin's Development in Arid and Semi-arid areas: The Diyala Transboundary Basin.- Scenarios based climate projection for Oman water resources.- Study Of Rainfall Variations In Tessa Subwatershed Of Medjerda River In Tunisia.- Spatial And Temporal Variability Analysis Of Modeled Precipitation Data In A Catchment Of Chambal Basin.- Recent Observed Climate Change Over Oman.- Significance Of Silica Analysis In Groundwater Studies Of Domestic ShallowWells In Parts Of Jeli District, Kelantan, Malaysia.- Assessment Of Global Change Impacts On Groundwater Resources In Souss-Massa Basin.- An Overview Of Stable Isotopes In Northern Oman'S Main Aquifers AsAnInsight Into Recharge Process.- Satellite-Based Estimates Of Groundwater Storage Changes As The Najd Aquifers In Oman.