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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"water management practices"”.
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Soil and Water Management Practices in Cocoa Production in Ghana and Ecuador
… and sustainability by documenting soil and water management practices (SWMPs), based on local knowledge, in Ghana and Ecuador. The study examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change and its impacts on cocoa production, soil and water-related knowledge, and the impact of individual and …
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An evaluation of soil and water management practices on a lowland soil with poor natural drainage
… drainage. Excess moisture, because of a high water table and ponded surface water, restricts the range of crops that can be grown and influences farm management decisions regarding the nature and timing of field operations. When economic considerations lead farmers to commence field operations …
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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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Designing green stormwater infrastructure for hydrologic and human benefits: an image based machine learning approach
… over the last century has degraded our natural water resources by increasing storm-water runoff, reducing nutrient retention, and creating poor ecosystem health downstream. The loss of tree canopy and expansion of impervious area and storm sewer systems have significantly decreased infiltration …
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Urban Water History of Shahjahanabad, Delhi (1639-1857): Situating Mughal Hydrology and Urbanism in the ‘Persianate World’
… of Central Asian political and sovereign practices, manifested through city building, architectural programs, and infrastructural projects. The thesis investigates the Mughal system of waterworks through hydrological landscapes shaped by the empire across South Asia, focusing on …
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Correlation Analyses among Soil, Plant, and Environmental Variables and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Furrow-irrigated Rice on a Silt-loam Soil
<p>Alternative water management practices for rice (Oryza sativa) production have been developed for water conservation purposes, such as the relatively new furrow-irrigated rice production system, which results in spatially variable volumetric water content (VWC), temperature, and …
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The Monkey Cheeks Toolkit: Design Strategies for Mitigating Flood Impacts in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area
… flooding, as well as the potential for greater water supply challenges, over the course of this century. Rather than solely depending on flood protection via large-scale infrastructure, this thesis proposes a decentralized approach to stormwater management, in which rain is captured where it …
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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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Large-scale Process-based Urban Hydrological Modeling Framework
… implementing various strategies to enhance stormwater storage and infiltration. However, the complexity of these strategies in large metropolitan areas, coupled with the often inadequate representation of below-ground urban stormwater networks (BUSNs) in current hydrologic models, highlights the …
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Investigating the role of groundwater - surface water connectivity in supporting non-perennial river systems, Sandveld, Western Cape, South Africa
… may retreat to form isolated pools along the watercourse during prolonged dry periods. The resulting spatio-temporal variability in hydrological characteristics provides support for a variety of ecological habitats which promote species richness and biodiversity. It is well established that …
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At the Confluence: Participatory Development, State-Society Relations, and Transboundary Water Management in the Kura River Basin
The water sector is part of a larger impetus in environmental policy towards public participation, particularly as water management practices have expanded from purely technocratic approaches to include diverse stakeholders and societal groups (Brethaut 2016, Pahl-Wostl et al., 2007). In …
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Bridging the Gap Between Lidar, Thermal, and Multispectral Remote Sensing for Irrigation Scheduling Applications
… Prairies is a semi-arid landscape with limited water resource availability, requiring careful application of water management practices. This thesis studies methods to reduce irrigation water consumption in agricultural fields with complex soil texture dynamics using the water deficit index …
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Times of change? Insights into the Government of India's water policy and management response to climate change
… within India's national and state government water policy and management practices. Climate change poses significant challenges to the management of non-stationary hydro-meteorological conditions, whilst meeting rising water demand. The nature and orientation of the Indian government's water …
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Corporations as Custodians of the Public Good? Exploring the Intersection of Corporate Water Stewardship and Global Water Governance
This thesis is about Global Water Governance (GWG) – an overarching normative framework by which water management practices across all scales may be guided. More specifically, it seeks to develop an understanding of how Corporate Water Stewardship (CWS), and its facilitation of the inclusion of …
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Collaborative Modeling to Assess Climate Adaptation and Science Information Needs in Snow-fed River Systems
… shifting peak streamflow, and altering surface water storage and groundwater recharge. Water management based on historical and stationary climate patterns is further challenged under a warmer climate. Participatory research approaches, such as collaborative modeling, are ideally suited in the …
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Enhanced Soil Moisture and Streamflow Estimation in Ungauged or Data-Scarce Watersheds
Watershed models are important tools for quantifying hydrologic processes and evaluating water management practices. These models simplify complex systems through parametrization and assumptions, particularly in semi-distributed frameworks like Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). Clear …
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Long-term evolution of highly regulated basins and water management policies to support their ecosystem services
Water management is facing a growing number of challenges in many river basins worldwide, as the equal distribution of the available water resources is increasingly influenced by several, uncertain climatic and anthropic pressures. Within the current and projected water scarcity and drought …
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Water is country, country is culture: the translation of Indigenous relationships to water into law
… Indigenous conceptions of and relationships to water can be translated into law and subsequently recognised and protected. Water is Country and Country is culture. Water is not only an essential element of all life processes but also of the unique identities of the Canning Basin traditional …
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Using urban facilities management principles to promote sustainable water management in informal settlements in South Africa
… investigates the potential of Urban Facilities Management (UFM) in the promotion of sustainable water management practices in informal settlements in South Africa. The rationale for the study is that with the rapid increase in urban populations and the number of people living in informal …
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