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Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …
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China's emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population …. Tensions have been seen in areas such as transboundary air pollution, cross-border water resources management and resources …
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Verschiebung zugunsten des Winterhalbjahres sowie Steigerungen der Verdunstungsraten lassen die Verfügbarkeit von Wasser als … sind somit auch in Deutschland von hoher Relevanz. Im vorliegenden Projekt wird der erwartbare Klimawandel durch das … and require well thought-out adaptation strategies. Thus, adaptation of water management is one of the major tasks to be …
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While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
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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 …
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agriculture and implements water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated agriculture. The results suggest that a partial …
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Climate change and the increasing demand of water intensify the global water cycle, altering the distribution of water …). As water is key to life, water scarcity is likely to provoke conflict. Using grid-cell data for Africa and central … water mass declines. We measure water mass anomalies based on changes in Earth's gravity field recorded by GRACE and link …
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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the most water-rich region in the world, but millions of its inhabitants live … with water risk. This contradiction, driven by mismatches in the location of supply vs demand, quality issues, and failing … infrastructure, makes it crucial that policy makers use people-centric water risk metrics when assessing water risk in LAC. 35% of …
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