Freshwater has always been a limited resource in some parts of the world. Today, however, growing worldwide demand has made this a global problem. What are the causes of the increased demand? What measures could governments and individuals take to respond to this problem? Give reasons for your...
Although the population as a whole is “graying” rapidly, with a high percentage over age 65, Amsterdam has remained one of the liveliest centers of international youth culture. There, perhaps more than anywhere else in the country, the Dutch tradition of social tolerance is readily encountered...
Figure 7 shows the percentage of papers dealing with the different hazard types selected for our review. In addition, a new category called "multi-hazards" has been introduced, which encompasses research that tackles more than one hazard type instead of a singular one. Heatwaves and droughts hav...
Water quality models are useful tools to understand and mitigate eutrophication processes. However, gaining access to high-resolution data and fitting models to local conditions can interfere with their implementation. This paper analyzes whether it is possible to create a spatial model of nutrient wate...
China, while Russia also borders China and has the world’s largest freshwater lakes and so has also become a major source of virtual water for China, which intuitively reveals that economically developed regions obtain virtual water directly from the nearest region with good resources or industries...
Despite government-encouraged emigration afterWorld War II, which prompted some 500,000 persons to leave the country, the Netherlands is today one of the world’s most densely populated countries. Although the population as a whole is “graying” rapidly, with a high percentage over age 65, Amst...
This paper assesses countries with transboundary water resources that are at risk for instability. Water security, a term we use in our work to refer to an individual's, community's or state's access to freshwater resources at the right time, quality, and quantity, is becoming of increasing...
With its large geographic extent and range of ecosystems from tundra to tropical forests, the United States has incredibly high levels of biodiversity.Due to its diversity of freshwater and marine ecosystems, the United States ranks particularly high in terms of fish species. ...
Whereas historic releases of ENMs from WWTP have no influence on the currently released amounts to freshwater, the historic releases are important to predict the amount currently stored in environmental sinks such as soils and sediments. Especially with respect to waste treatment, the consideration of...
Effects of freshwater blue spaces may be beneficial for mental health: A first, ecological study in the North American Great Lakes region. PLoS ONE 14, e0221977 (2019). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar De Vries, S., Nieuwenhuizen, W., Farjon, H., Van Hinsberg, A. ...