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ADB established through Strategy 2020 three strategic agendas to guide its work up to 2020—inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Water is common to each of these and is in fact central to their attainment. The Strategy refocuses ADB’s...
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In dieser Untersuchung wird die Bedeutung der Ressource Wasser als Standortfaktor für die bayerische Wirtschaft und den Wirtschaftszweig Wasserwirtschaft unter den Randbedingungen des Klimawandels, der demografischen Entwicklung und der Globalisierung untersucht. Für die meisten...
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Public mediated resource planning is quickly becoming the norm rather than the exception. Unfortunately, supporting tools are lacking that interactively engage the public in the decision-making process and integrate over the myriad values that influence water policy. In the pages of this report...
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threatens more land, people, and economies in Asia and small Pacific island states than any other part of the planet. Air … with severe levels of total suspended particulate matter emissions, 10 are in Asia. Regarding water availability and …%. Changes in land use for fuelwood collection and biofuel production in Southeast Asia have resulted in deforestation at 5 times …
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This paper examines the short-run climate variability (change in the levels of temperature and precipitation) with a focus on the Manas River Valley, North-Western China, over the past 50 years (1956 to 2006) using data collected from four meteorological stations. The results show that the...
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International experiences with water policy and governance arrangements are shared through various international meetings and reports. The underlying assumption is that these experiences provide useful information to policy makers who are looking for ways to improve water resources management in...
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The cumulative impacts of incremental development present governments all over the world with major difficulties. Well-intended strategic approaches often fail, in whole or in part. In Australia, a joint Federal/State agreement in 1992 initiated reforms of State environmental legislation and...
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