quality, hydropower, nuclear power, and thermal power account for 10% to 15% of global water consumption, and the volume of …Four environmental dimensions of energy security - climate change, air pollution, water availability and quality, and … with severe levels of total suspended particulate matter emissions, 10 are in Asia. Regarding water availability and …

Many African countries have seen the passing of new water laws. Reflecting international discourses on IWRM, they put … the use, management and value of water in an eco-systemic perspective, while they reflect the Dublin principles with … water policies have to be understood as contextually embedded. Negotiation processes around water reforms are historically …

For many years, water resources management in Vietnam was concentrated on activities ensuring the available freshwater … for agricultural production, including flood control. With the increase of water demands and the emergence of new water … economic transition process, the water sector has undergone a series of reforms, including various attempts to integrate …

assessment: the technical and institutional assessments of national and communal irrigation systems, the water resource … implementation, operations maintenance, and monitoring and evaluation. The water resources component assessed the irrigation service … areas as originally planned or designed compared to the actual service areas with respect to water availability, land use …

stakeholders. Focusing on the water and waste management sectors, the article analyzes the stages that brought Hungary to the …

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption … and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price … those who consume very high quantities of water. The public water utility in Seattle added such a rate to its existing price …

, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Water is common to each of these and is in fact central to their …’s comparative advantages and core competencies. One core area is infrastructure, where water resources management and the delivery … of efficient and sustainable irrigation, water supply, sanitation, and wastewater management services are key elements …

better understanding of the use of water resources in agricultural sectors. The results indicate that a water policy directed … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … the effects on welfare and demand for water are mostly positive. For non-water scarce regions the results are more mixed …