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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"consumptive use"”.
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High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis.
… to protected areas have traditionally enjoyed consumptive use of local resources. Formally set-aside protected areas may help conserve biodiversity, but often impose costs on rural communities, increasing human-wildife conflict and reducing the land available for agriculture and consumptive …
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A buffer for Etosha - The attitudes towards a buffer zone on private farmland at the south-western border of the Etosha National Park (Namibia) and chances for its implementation
… border of the Etosha National Park is used for multiple purposes ranging from classical cattle farming to wildlife farming for consumptive (trophy hunting) or non-consumptive use (tourism).
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Strategies for limited and deficit irrigation to maximize on-farm profit potential in Colorado's South Platte Basin
… parted off, and the decree changed to municipal use--a process commonly referred to in the regional water community as "buy and dry". Concerned about the negative effects of buy and dry on agriculture, rural communities, and even the environment, the State of Colorado has funded research into …
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Making meaning out of mountains : skiing, the environment and eco-politics
… Canada. A qualitative multi-method approach is used, combining discourse analysis, interviews with skiers, and unobtrusive field observation at Whistler Blackcomb and Whitewater ski resorts. Through a focus on discourse, embodied interactions among humans and non-humans, and flows of power, this …
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Remotely Sensed Estimates of Evapotranspiration in Agricultural Areas of Northwestern Nevada: Drought, Reliance, and Water Transfers
… surface water supplies, particular basins can use groundwater in order to meet irrigation needs. The amount of water used to irrigate agricultural land is influenced by land use changes, such as fallowing, and water right transfers from irrigation to municipal use. To evaluate agricultural …
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A geohydrological assessment of the behaviour and response of the Zululand coastal plain to both environmental influences and human activity
… the greater water loss resulting from this land use modification has however been the subject of much speculation. This study analyses the hydrological regime of the eastern shores plain over the 17 years from 1973 to 1990. During this period both wet and dry climatic conditions were experienced, …
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The influence of drought, and other abiotic factors on tree water use in a temperate remnant forest
… daily, seasonal and annual patterns of water use by a native remnant woodland in temperate Australia. The focus of the study was on the two dominant tree species of the woodland, but limited assessments of understorey and soil evapotranspiration were also undertaken. One of dominant species …
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Evaluation and improvement of CERES-Maize evapotranspiration simulations under full and limited irrigation treatments in northern Colorado
… context and in a crop modeling context. Because of Colorado water law the quantification of ET is especially important, as ET is considered a consumptive use of the crop and therefore can be transferred between entities. The overall goal was to improve understanding of both field and model …
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Water resources management & hydroclimatic data analysis in transboundary river basins under the influence of climate variability & water abstraction : Nile river basin
… is important for humanconsumption and domestic use, irrigation, and industry. The freshwater availability foreach country should be known or estimated to sustainably manage its available supply,or its share of available water in case of transboundary basins during the subsequentyears. The …