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quantitative assessment methods to determine the potential maximum socio-economic growth within a catchment subjected to a given … amount of water resource. An improved WRCC assessment method based on a system dynamics model (WRCC-SDM) is proposed in this …
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One of the critical problems that hinders thesustainable development in the Gulf CooperationCouncil (GCC) countries is the lack of renewable waterresources. Rainfall in the Arabian Peninsula is scarceand infrequent. Over-exploitation of fossilgroundwater resources, mostly to meet the...
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-Saga, Japan, an assessment model of paddy water demand at daily/monthly time and one-kilometer space scales was established by … significant influence on the assessment of paddy water requirements during non-drought seasons while hardly effects the paddy … water demand estimated for drought seasons. Furthermore, the daily-time-series analysis of the paddy water demand assessment …
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users are able to plan their activities and respond accordingly. An indicator-based assessment method is proposed in this … consumption among the users. This is demonstrated by using historical water-use data and applying the assessment method in three … flexibility. The proposed indicator based assessment method would be useful for evaluating the flexibility of policy options for …
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different methods. This paper analyzes the methodological approaches currently applied to comparative water policy assessment … addressed in the near future in the context of water policy assessment. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 …
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Lack of sufficient quantities of water in the UAE is one of the major problems facing sustainable development. The arid climate of the country plays a significant role in the water resources availability. Rainfall, which is a main source of recharge for different water resources, such as surface...
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Since the explosive economic and population growth, tensions between human and environment, particularly with regard to water, has never eased but intensified in most parts of the world. The pressing need to examine this relationship further is highlighted by the rapid decline in quantity and...
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tangible damage assessment, i.e. the monetary value of all direct and indirect physical damages, has already been studied …
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A new approach is developed for assessing water security status: the Water Security Status Indicators (WSSI) assessment … cooperation with end-users, whose participation enabled the design of a user-friendly assessment method. Second, this method is … the WSSI assessment method and its application in a community in British Columbia (Canada), including the incorporation of …
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.S. EPA’s Risk Assessment Guide). Health risk assessment maps were then drawn by Arcgis software. The results indicated that …
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