water resource Articles
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Water resources
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. 97% of water on the Earth is salt water, leaving only 3% as fresh water of which slightly over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.[1] The ...
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Water Resources: An Evolving Landscape
This chapter presents the history of thinking on water resources and how it has evolved over time. It analyzes paradigms proposed by the international community during the last half century in light of their decisive influence on the content (though not the implementation) of water policies in virtually all developed and developing countries. While paradigms have been an important part of global ...
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Integrating water resources management
The intention of this book is to showcase some of the most interesting aspects of IWRM in relation to the development and adoption of strategies and methodologies. Other related publications provide additional insights, see for example, the STRIVER website (www.striver.no) and the edited collection by Gooch and Stålnacke, (2010) on the ...
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Integrated Water Resources Management (GWP, 2000)
The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part puts forward a strong case for applying IWRM globally and defines the IWRM concept and process. The second part provides additional advice and guidance on how IWRM could be implemented in different conditions. Continue reading the full ...
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Sustainable water resources governance
Sustainability – whatever its structure and its terminology – has become the concept that indicates how natural resources should be used and developed. It is however an enigmatic concept that is often accused of lacking substance and meaning. Nevertheless it has become increasingly embedded in the legal arrangements for the way in which natural resources – including water ...
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Water resources management
Managing regional or national water resources demands the integration of patterns and processes of both natural and social systems. This is essential to achieve the optimum interaction of man and nature since every aspect of water use and disposal impinges on ecosystems to a greater or lesser extent. Sustainability is the key issue: how can sustainable yields by abstraction from rivers, ...
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Water scenario in India
This paper gives the average annual rainfall in some states of India and discusses the water scenario of some metropolitan cities of India. The major river basins, medium river basins and various water resources of India are also listed, with emphasis on water resource planning and management in India.Keywords: water scenario, India, average annual rainfall, water resources, water resource ...
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Will the water resources of Israel, Palestine and Jordan remain sufficient to permit economic and social development for the foreseeable future?
Scenario analysis suggests that by 2050 the population of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Jordan will have grown from 17.2 million to between 21.1 and 38.5 million people. These population scenarios are compared to a range of water resource scenarios that consider the effect of climate change, a possible redistribution of the region's shared water resources as a result of a peace ...
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Public policies for negotiated water allocation: a dialogue between Thailand and Brazil
This paper presents the authors' reflections regarding the collaborative studies and discussions on water resources among researchers from Thailand and Brazil. First, the similarities and differences between the countries regarding water resource management and policies are noted. Subsequently, the experiences and challenges of both countries in the negotiated allocation of water resources ...
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Impacts of temperature and precipitation on the spatiotemporal distribution of water resources in Chinese mega cities: the case of Beijing
Water shortages in China have hindered development of mega cities, especially Beijing. Assessing the impact of temperature and precipitation on water resources is important. This study analyzed spatiotemporal variations and impacts of temperature and precipitation on water resources in Beijing from 1956 to 2013, using statistical and spatial analysis. The results showed the following. (1) ...
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Sustainable Development/Water Interactions
Even though it is probably true that in more recent times the water planning and management procedures used in most parts of the world appear to have been reasonably adequate, it is now becoming increasingly questionable. A sustainable approach is now required. Yet, it is quite one thing to say “sustainable” in every breath, and another to create a sustainable system when the ...
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IWRM and Water Efficiency Plans by 2005: Why, What and How? (GWP 2004)
This paper is targeted at senior managers in ministries and agencies responsible for addressing national water resources management issues, and its principal aim is to help stakeholders implement reform processes in water resources management and to guide development towards more integrated approaches. Continue reading the full ...
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Dynamic cooperation in international law and the shadow of state sovereignty in the context of transboundary waters (Part 2)
Introduction Part 1 International law and the duty to cooperate Origins of the duty to cooperate in international law Transboundary water resources management as a case study for the duty to cooperate: sovereignty as the grand challenge The global water challenge with a focus on transboundary water resources Sovereignty over water and the paradox of water security Overview of the ...
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On the political sideline? The institutional isolation of donor organizations in Jordanian hydropolitics
Fresh water availability is very low in Jordan. Current water usage is unsustainable and structures of water resource governance are inadequate. Drawing on expert interviews and the analysis of media texts, this study shows that patterns and privileges of water consumption sustain specific political and social orders, aggravating Jordan's suboptimal water resource deployment. Many of ...
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The impact of privatisation on the sustainability of water resources
More than two and a half millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus said “best of everything is water” (Biswas, 2005; p.229). Indeed, water still remains the source of life although the world has changed dramatically. Water is the most important natural resource on our planet Earth. It is the basis of life that all organisms depend on for survival. Water is ...
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Integrated Water Resources Management: Basic Concepts
Definition Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been defined by the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) as "a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the ...
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China calls for human–water harmony
In order to achieve a more sustainable mode of development, the government of China declared its intention to build a harmonious socialist society, and the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) proposed ‘human–water harmony’. However, some problems still exist in China's water resources management (CWRM), which affect management performance and trigger acute water crisis. Nowadays, the ...
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Privatization of Water-Resource Development
This paper analyzes the inefficiencies from market power and return-flow externalities in private construction of a water project. The model pays special attention to increasing groundwater pumping costs, project set-up costs, limited project capacity, and return flow to the aquifer. For a given capacity, the return-flow externality causes project owners to construct the project too late when the ...
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Forum: Maintenance and rehabilitation of water resources and environment related infrastructures
How to maintain and rehabilitate a public facility has been a major responsibility of the agency in charge. Policies and procedures are normally documented in most of the agency's handbooks and manuals. It is not the intent of this forum to discuss those details for specific project or agency. Instead, some general thoughts and observations are shared here with the readers.Keywords: maintenance, ...
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