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Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous increase of the population as well as the financial, administrative and technical deficiencies of the new supply system have lead to the deterioration of the water service in the city....
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Climate change, demographic concentration, new needs, sustainable development etc. are many examples of uncontrolled mutations in space and time, which impact on the degree of satisfaction of water needs in the world, and which call for a new analysis of the water issue. This new perspective, in...
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This article presents our research on a well-documented stylized fact : the social construction of water scarcity. Starting with the hypothesis that the study of water use standards offers a relevant frame of reference to deal with scarcity, this proposai suggests that water use is directly...
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may be also too restrictive. The recent modernisation of irrigation practices in Spain highlights that the rebound effect …
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participation des usagers concernés sont nécessaires à la durabilité des institutions collectives d'irrigation, comme cela a déjà …
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simultané de l'irrigation et de nouveaux usages de l'eau, sportifs, touristiques et résidentiels, relayant les revendications … bassin, l'ensemble des acteurs de l'eau autour de systèmes de restrictions des volumes d'irrigation en fonction de l … rentabilité de l'irrigation, qui circule au sein même des instances de concertation de la GV , et d'autre part la cristallisation …
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La Syrie est un pays producteur de coton, significatif, mais sa politique cotonnière est rarement analysée et reste largement méconnue. C'est une politique assez particulière, qui se caractérise par l'engagement fort et stable de l'Etat et par la puissance du contrôle administratif de la...
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Migration to, from, and across Jordan since the Palestinian exodus of 1948 has played a key role in the country … to ensure its own stability. Jordan is a case in point for how various forms of mobility can have strong political and …
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This study investigates the influence of background diversity of bank board members on performance and risk. Using data … associated with performance except when it relates to ethnicity. It not only reduces performance per se but also increases risk …. Female presence and professional diversity reduce risk but nationality and ethnicity diversities are associated with higher …
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non-zero risk levels. Some contemporary European societies tolerate about one fatality per thousand year around industrial …
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