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Characterization of Irrigated Holdings in the Terra Chá Region of Spain: A First Step Towards a Water Management Model

Álvarez, C.; Cancela, J.; Fandiño, M. - In: Water Resources Management 19 (2005) 1, pp. 23-36

The European Union’s Water Framework Directive, and in Spain the National Irrigation Plan, call for the sustainable and integrated use of water resources. Here we report the results of a questionnaire administered to irrigation users in the Terra Chá region of northwest Spain, as the basis...

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City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future

Leeuwen, C. - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 15, pp. 5191-5206

sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water … sustainability of UWCS (Van Leeuwen et al., Wat Resour Manage 26:2177–2197, <CitationRef CitationID="CR33">2012</CitationRef>). In … Salaam). The assessments showed that cities vary considerably with regard to the sustainability of the UWCS. This is also …

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Sustainability Issues in Water Management

Harmancioglu, Nilgun; Barbaros, Filiz; Cetinkaya, Cem - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 6, pp. 1867-1891

of sustainable development and, thus, they are to be managed and developed on a sustainable basis. Sustainability is a … management practices are sustainable and to ensure sustainability in decision making for management. To this end, a number of … sustainability criteria have been defined, based on quantifiable measures, without overlooking immeasurable aspects of sustainable …

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Wastewater Management Evaluation by Using the Opinion Survey in Galicia, Spain

Cuesta, T.; Álvarez, C.; Cancela, J.; Miranda, D.; … - In: Water Resources Management 20 (2006) 6, pp. 817-828

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) of the European Commission considers water supply and sanitation on agricultural and forestry holdings as a part of water management policy. In this sense, this study analyses the current situation in Galicia, European Union, in terms of the management of...

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The Social Sustainable Aquifer Yield: An Indicator for the Analysis and Assessment of the Integrated Aquifers Management

Molina, Jose-Luis; Martos-Rosillo, Sergio; … - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 10, pp. 2951-2971

Integrated Aquifers Management (IAM) demands innovative tools and methods that are able to consider as much perspectives as possible. This research is aimed to design, apply and provide an indicator named Social Sustainable Aquifer Yield (SSAY), expressed in units of time that includes pure...

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Low Temperature Geothermal Applications as Enablers of Sustainable Development: Practical Case Studies from Australia and UK

Oldmeadow, Edward; Marinova, Dora; Birks, David; … - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 12, pp. 3053-3071

, enhanced sustainability profile for the sports and recreation facility. The groundwater cooling system at the Royal Festival … geothermal applications is the demonstration of sustainability principles, especially reduction of CO<Subscript>2</Subscript …

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City Blueprints: 24 Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of the Urban Water Cycle

Leeuwen, Cornelis; Frijns, Jos; Wezel, Annemarie; Ven, Frans - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 8, pp. 2177-2197

optimizing the role of civil society. Although there are approaches for assessing the sustainability of countries and cities …, there is no dedicated framework for the assessment of the sustainability of urban water management. We have therefore …

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Identification of Spatial Ranking of Hydrological Vulnerability Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques: Case Study of Korea

Chung, Eun-Sung; Lee, Kil - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 12, pp. 2395-2416

-criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques. All criteria are selected on the basis of a sustainability evaluation concept (pressure …

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Groundwater Resources Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future

Mays, Larry - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 13, pp. 4409-4424

semi-arid regions for irrigation and municipal use, there is no satisfactory approach to groundwater sustainability. The … of groundwater sustainability, population growth constraints, include both short term and long term consequences, and … groundwater sustainability. The concept of developing a sustainability index that could also be used within the context of …

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Sustainability of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Rural Catchment of Sub-Saharan Africa

Pachpute, J.; Tumbo, S.; Sally, H.; Mul, M. - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 13, pp. 2815-2839

Sustainability of rainwater harvesting in enhancing water productivity in various biophysical and socioeconomic … to assess sustainability of storage type of rainwater harvesting systems including microdam, dug out pond, sub … investment capacity, labour availability and institutional support influence sustainability of rainwater harvesting systems …

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