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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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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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This paper examines the current status of water availability, water demand, and influences from climate change in the … European Union. It provides an overview of economic policy instruments to address water scarcity and manage water demand …. Additionally, the paper explores policy options and considerations for addressing water scarcity and meeting Water Framework …
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This paper analyzes the economic impacts of changes in water availability due to climate change. We develop a new … modeling approach as an alternative to include water as a production factor within a global CGE model. We tailor the structure … of the ICES model to characterize the key features of the world economy with a detailed representation of the …
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Global warming, while increasing human demand for water, is reducing water availability by reducing runoff flows and … the effective amount of water between seasons, making water scarcity a growing problem globally. Water management plays an … important role in mitigating global warming, improving the water cycle, reducing carbon emissions, and providing clean energy …
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significant challenges, which faces the Jordanian water security. Where Israel expands in its policy and ideology everyday its … hydro-hegemony over the Jordanian waters. Hence, its acts result in negative consequences on the Jordanian water and food … analysis approach to handle the subject matter. Given the influence of water on the development, Jordan, as an organic or a …
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environmental question which dominates our time and pose the major challenge to environmental organizations of control. Water is one …: demographic explosion, probable reduction in the water run-offs, scarcity of the resources, the degradation of the hydraulic …
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Global warming is expected to affect Lebanon heavily, in particular through increased flooding and creation of desert areas as the country is located near desert regions (El-Fadel, Jamali and Khorbotly 2002). The country is expected to witness a decrease in precipitation and an increase in...
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