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recharge. Increased evaporation and the risk of flooding and drought could adversely affect security of water supply …, particularly surface water. Due to these pressures, as well as global population growth, demand for groundwater is likely to …
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The current state of knowledge on climate change and water points to predominantly negative effects. This paper reviews … important feature is the fact that the climate effects will occur on top of water scarcity that currently prevails in many parts … socioeconomic factors. Changes in efficiency of water use could make a big contribution to water problems, including those caused by …
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Despite the well-recognized role of water in transmitting climate impacts to some of the growth drivers of the economy …, the water sector has been largely ignored in climate change deliberations. The impacts are projected to vary regionally … changes in climate averages. Prudent management of water resources will be pivotal in addressing the climate challenge …
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water risks with the economic risks. The primary purpose is to demonstrate the interdependence of the freshwater ecosystem … previous work by providing economic evidence of water risks in the agricultural sector and energy sector, which constitute over … of federal funding for climate change adaptation in the water sector; the existing policies such as between sectors such …
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avenues to vindicate their rights, specifically the right to water, in light of global warming and the loss of their lands and …
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This is an introductory essay to a symposium on Climate Change, Water, and Adaptive Law, held at the University of … changing climate conditions are creating pressures on water law, policy, and management institutions to adapt and questions … they relate to water resources: 1) precipitation effects; 2) environmental and landscape structural effects; 3) behavioral …
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scenarios and climate change in the water-scarce southern and eastern Mediterranean. The study develops a two-stage modelling …, integrated socio-ecological assessment focusing on Jordan, Syria and Morocco. The results show that water resources will be under … region. Water withdrawals could decrease, preserving renewable water resources and reversing the negative effects on …
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During the 1990s scholarship about water security abounded. However that debate abated at the ‎turn of this century …. This lack of exploration is surprising, particularly given the negative impacts ‎of climate change upon the world's water … resources, and the concomitant water insecurity that ‎has resulted. The present article addresses water insecurity in the Middle …
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