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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"integrated water"”.
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The Feasibility of Integrated Water Resources Management in Pakistan
… 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 a downward spiral of poverty linked 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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Exploring Topic Modeling in The Domain of Integrated Water Resource Management
… goals, policy and decision making should include Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA). Water resources and there utilization play an important role in achieving these goals at all levels from global to local. Sustainability of a water resource is of paramount importance for achieving United …
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Integrated water design for a decentralized urban landscape: [text and figures]
… maximization of centralized services of drinking water, irrigation, waste water and drainage to meet greater demands for the provision and disposal of water. Accordingly, the structure of a formerly poor rural landscape has been adapted to support an affluent industrialized and urban one. However, …
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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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INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN A DROUGHT-PRONE WATERSHED IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS
… be addressed to a significant extent by better water management. This dissertation presents four studies in eastern Amhara that examined effectiveness of a range of water management practices. An on-farm study tested effectiveness of subsoiling, open and tied ridges, no till, and conventional …
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The Role of water demand management in integrated water resource management : constraints and opportunities in Southern Namibia
… and has been projected to reach an overall water deficit by 2020. Southern Namibia is especially arid, and appropriate and holistic management of water resources is thus becoming increasingly essential
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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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A political policy analysis of the integrated water resource management approach in South Africa’s water policy (1998 – 2001)
… research question: Is the incorporation of the integrated water resource management (IWRM) approach in South Africa’s water policy, from a political point of view, appropriate? The IWRM approach, as applied to developing countries, originated in developed countries with predominantly homogeneous …
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Mining the gap : pathways towards an integrated water, sanitation and health framework for outbreak control in rural India
The scientific connection between sanitation, water quality and health is well established. However, in the present Indian scenario, monitoring and governance of the three sectors is handled separately. At present, the need to integrate sanitation, water quality, and health is felt during …
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Assessment and management of health and environmental risks of infrastructures and complex systems of the integrated water service [Valutazione e gestione dei rischi sanitari e ambientali delle infrastrutture e dei sistemi complessi del servizio idrico integrato]
L’impiego della metodologia di valutazione del rischio nei sistemi infrastrutturali di igiene urbana costituisce uno strumento fondamentale per l’anticipazione accurata e la mitigazione dei rischi. L’obiettivo generale di questo lavoro è valutare i rischi e le vulnerabilità dei componenti di tali …
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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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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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Factors required to enhance water recycling at two major Australian industrial manufacturing sites
This study presents the application of an integrated water management strategy at two large Australian manufacturing companies that are contrasting in terms of their respective products and wastewater generation. The integrated strategy, consisting of water audit, pinch analysis and membrane …
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An Assessment of Sustainable Water Management at University Campuses
<p>Sustainable water management is needed to ensure quality supplies of our vital water resources in the face of growing human demand for water, high levels of pollution, and increasing spatial and temporal variability associated with climate change. An integrated approach to water management is …
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Geochemical interpretation on groundwater flow in the Southern Great Basin
The study of geochemical processes and integrated water flow can help identify groundwater sources and improve predictions of contaminant fate and transport in groundwater systems. Understanding groundwater flow paths in and around the Nevada Test Site (NTS) is important due to the possible …
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