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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Integrated Water Resources Management"”.
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The Feasibility of Integrated Water Resources Management in Pakistan
… demographic pressures and widespread mismanagement, Pakistan is experiencing a severe water crisis. The mismanagement of Pakistan’s resources is linked to its legacy of colonialism. Failures to reign in the stranglehold of the rural elite or invest in transformative policies is leading to …
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Integrated Water Resources Management and Adaptive Management: Shaping Science and Practice
Complexity of challenges associated with water resources management is increasing due to factors such as climate variability and uncertainty, increased regulatory requirements, changes in planning horizons, and trans-boundary considerations. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Adaptive …
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Integrated water resources management in the Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Critical analysis of the Integrated Water Resources Management legal framework in India
Water security is critical not only for achieving economic growth, social development, and maintaining the ecosystem but also for ensuring political stability in any country. Since declining water security will ultimately constrain economic growth, slow poverty alleviation, and leave many exposed …
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Integrated water resources management under uncertainty: exploring interconnected technological, infrastructural and institutional solutions
… competition for increasingly scarce freshwater resources. Growing urban demands, land-use change, and a changing climate will further exacerbate regional vulnerability to water scarcity. The intensification of these trends creates several challenges for the future planning and management …
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Framework for Assessing Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America: Case Studies of Buenos Aires and São Paulo
… World Banks Latin America and the Caribbean Blue Water Green Cities (BWGC) urban water development initiative that began in 2009. This program attempts to create a comprehensive Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach for policymakers at both local and national levels, improving …
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Water rights in China: an international and comparative study
… populous country, has been experiencing a severe water crisis. This has manifested itself through water shortages, water pollution and natural water disasters, and has been exacerbated by the rapid social and economic development that has taken place in the last two decades. To deal with these …
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A Comparative Study of Rural Water Governance in the Limpopo Basin
… this thesis I examine and explore whether and if Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) inspired water reforms respond to- and address the diverse realities of women and men in informal (and formal) rural economies of Sekororo, South Africa and Ward 17 in Gwanda, Zimbabwe which are both in …
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Integrating water resources management : analysis of the St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, water market
… is to contribute to the understanding of the water resources management of the St. Thomas water market. By applying the framework for Integrated Water Resources Management, the actual water resources situation in the island was analyzed. This framework requires meeting three criteria: economic …
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A Market-Based Arid-Region Water Resources Planning Model: Application to the Guhai Water Distribution System, China
… national agriculture production, have confronted water supplying crisis triggered by the rapid growth of local economy. The Arid Zone of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (AZN) is one of the arid regions that severely suffer from water shortage. Since 1970s, local people has been relying on the water …
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An environmental profile of the water sector of the Erongo region, Namibia
… is to provide an environmental overview of the water sector in the study area of the Erongo region. Water is a very scarce resource in the study area and has been singled out to be the greatest obstacle to the development of the study area. As such, this study was developed to assist the …
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Inexact Two-Stage Fuzzy Chance- Constrained Programming for Water Resource Management under Uncertainties
… Basin. The Heshui River provides the primary water resource for local economic activities. In recent years, there has been an increase in water demand in Yongxin County due to rapid economic development and rapid population growth. Water quality management has also been a major concern for …
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A Theory and Process Evaluation of the Umhlathuze Water Stewardship Programme of the International Water Stewardship Programme
Water is a scarce resource without which human survival is at risk and major economies would collapse if not carefully managed. Water stewardship involves collaboration between role players from the public- and private sector as well as civil society to effectively mitigate some of the water …
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Estimating minimum thresholds of natural vegetation for the integrated management and protection of water quality in South African catchments
Despite multi-level commitments to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), many of South Africa's water quality problems are attributable to the negative impacts of anthropogenic land use on water quality. Academics and policymakers have warned that unless action is taken to improve water …
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Assessment of river-groundwater interactions in the Barotse floodplain, Western Zambia.
… Their interactions between ground and surface water is a key element in understanding the resilience of floodplains to hydrological changes, especially with the advent of climate change and variability that has affected many aquatic ecosystems. Conjunctive evaluation of ground and surface water …
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Assessing the impacts of drought on groundwater resources in Scotland using the Eden catchment in northeast Fife as a case study
Groundwater resources play a crucial role in the economic and environmental development of Scotland’s well-being with it contributing the second greatest source of water supplies to the country after surface water. This research focuses on the impacts of drought caused by climate change on these …
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Multicriteria decision support system to delineate water resources planning and management regions
The lack of uniform and integrated water resources regions that support sustainable water management within river basins is a critical issue. Overlapping and redundant efforts in planning and management result from conflicting water resources regions, which hamper Integrated Water Resources …
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Development of a success model for Water Management Information Systems
The management of water resources traverses many disciplines and involves multiple stakeholders. Water Management Information Systems (WMIS) is a combination of technological resources - software and hardware - and tools implemented to enhance the roles and functions, and the decision-making …
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A novel standardized assessment for the new end uses of recycled water schemes
Nowadays, recycled water has provided sufficient flexibility to satisfy short-term freshwater needs and increase the reliability of long-term water supplies in many water scarce areas. It becomes an essential component of integrated water resources management. However, the current applications of …
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MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN EUROPEAN RIVER BASINS: CHALLENGES IN THE INTEGRATION OF ADAPTATION, DISASTER RESPONSE, AND RESILIENCE
… and man-made disasters, and resilience in integrated water resources management. While these priorities are well-established in the academic and policy literature, in practice the ability to implement them at multiple levels has proven challenging. Though my dissertation highlights these …
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