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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"water security"”.
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Climatic and Anthropogenic Influences on Food and Water Security
Ensuring food security for the growing global population is one of the pressing challenges of the 21st century. The interconnectedness of food and water systems necessitates an integrated assessment of food security in conjunction with water security. This dissertation focuses on food and water …
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Water security in refugee host communities: Syrian refugees in Jordan
… host communities where production inputs such as water are scarce. I adapt a dynamic economic model of groundwater extraction to analyze the environmental impact of the Syrian refugee influx from 2013 onward on the Amman Wadi As-Sir aquifer in the northern region of Jordan. I then show that, given …
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Rainwater Harvesting and Community Water Security in south-west Uganda
… Uganda’s population has access to safe drinking water. Municipal water systems rarely reach the poorest, most remote communities, and where they do reach populations, quality and quantity are often inadequate due to poor system operation and maintenance. Decentralised water services, such as RWH …
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City-level law and governance for water security in South Africa
South African cities are experiencing significant water challenges owing to urbanisation, climate change, and a confluence of social, economic, political, technical, and governance problems. These challenges are significantly impacting the provision of urban water services, exacerbating flood and …
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Gender-based analysis of agricultural water security in Luvhada Community, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Women and men use water differently. A significant number of rural women and men rely on natural water resources for farming in irrigated schemes, as a key and common economic activity. Women undertake farming either together with men or alone (for example, when widowed or when the men migrate to …
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Can trade effluent charges promote compliance and address water security risks in Nairobi’s manufacturing industries?
… charges could promote compliance and address water security risks in manufacturing industries in Nairobi. This is due to the burden of effluent management that Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC), the largest water supply and sewerage Company in Nairobi, has been having in the …
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Determining the water footprint of tomato and butternut production towards enhanced water security at Nwanedi irrigation scheme
Declining underground water, unpredictable rainfall patterns and high temperatures pose a threat to future food and water security. Water security is also threatened by the growing demand for water in the agriculture sector to meet food needs. Knowing the water footprint and total water consumed by …
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Advancing Water Security and Environmental Sustainability Through Evaluation of Water Use From the Field to State-Wide Scale
The United States (US) has experienced a surge in water shortages and droughts in recent times. Water shortages can result from population growth, climate change, inadequate water management policies, and the improper use of available technologies. The existing data and research on water use …
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The threat to South African water security posed by wastewater-driven eutrophication: a proposal for a new regulatory approach
The quality of South Africa's raw potable water resources is severely impacted by eutrophication (nutrient enrichment). As much as two-thirds of the reservoir impounded resource may be affected. Wastewater effluents and/or the integration of wastewater return flows as part of the water balances of …
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Improving Water Security with Innovation and Transition in Water Infrastructure: From Emergence to Stabilization of Rainwater Harvesting in the U.S.
… two-thirds of the population face significant water shortages and eighty percent of the U.S. states' water managers predict water shortages in the near future. Additionally, the current centralized system in the United States is facing significant problems of scarcity, groundwater depletion, …
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The concept of shared risk in public and private sector water security: a case study of Grabouw and the Elgin Valley, Western Cape, South Africa
This thesis investigates water risk in small-to medium-sized agro-processing companies and the public sector. Global interest in water management from the private sector has led to an increase in the development of water risk tools that are available to companies. Not only has the number of tools …
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The Influence of Policy Discourses on multilevel water governance: a case study of the Equatorial Nile Basin
… assesses how discourses on climate change and water security during policy making impact on actual water management, analysing the Equatorial Nile Basin and its riparian countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and DR Congo) as a case study. The thesis looks at the significance of …
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Water resources management in the eastern Caribbean : a study of the two small island developing states, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados
Water resource management is currently an issue of major significance at a global level both in terms of policy-making and academia. Small island states represent a special group, with Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, even more particular cases. Development, industrialisation, tourism and resource …
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International water law and the quest for common security
The world’s freshwater supplies are squeezed by rapidly increasing demand, the impacts of global climate change and unsustainable management. Given the fact that water is the gossamer linking various other security issues – e.g., energy, food and environment – it seems obvious that ‘business as …
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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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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION IN SASKATCHEWAN: LESSONS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
Source water protection (SWP) is defined as a land use management and planning process aimed at the protection of surface and groundwater sources from contamination. Currently in Saskatchewan, the Water Security Agency is leading much of the planning and management with the goal of safe drinking …
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Challenges and solutions towards reaching SDG6 in Malawi
… (SDG) 6 outlines the aim to ‘ensure access to water and sanitation for all’ by 2030. For Malawi, this will require significant investment and development to ensure that the 82% of the population currently lacking safely managed drinking water, as well as the 54% currently lacking sanitation, …
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Exploring the Role of Trust in Drinking Water Systems in Western Virginia
… that communities rely on for their drinking water are threatened by more frequent, severe, and unpredictable disturbances. This study was a part of an interdisciplinary effort to understand and increase resilience in water systems to improve managers adaptive capacity to cope with these …
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Water usage in post-harvest handling of groundnuts and beans at Luvhada Irrigation Scheme, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Water is central to sustainable agricultural intensification, as it directly influences several dimensions of sustainability, including social, economic, health and environmental aspects. Therefore, lack of water is the greatest constraint to growth and primary productivity of agricultural crops …
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