water scarcityWe test the effect of water and natural resources on refugee migration. We show that water abundance decreases the number of refugees migrating out of a country and increases the number of refugees migrating into a county, all else equal. A large resource sector increases the ...
The effects of water scarcity can be grouped into these four broad areas — Health, Hunger, Education, and Poverty. Health In many developing countries, people have no option but to drink low-quality water from flowing streams, many of which are contaminated. There are many water-borne disease...
This study provides a scientific assessment of water scarcity in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) city region and investigates its restrictive effects on urban economic development by quantifying economic loss caused by water scarcity based on an input–output optimization model. The results show that ...
Effects of Drought on Nutrient Uptake and Assimilation in Vegetable Crops Scarcity of water is a severe environmental limit to plant productivity. Drought-induced loss in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, ... Y Rouphael,M Cardarelli,D Schwarz,... - Springer Berlin ...
(Fereres and Goldhamer, 1990).The number of countries that cultivate these species is very high;however, according to production, Asia and Europe are the most importantzones. Fig. 5.1 shows the distribution of 80% of world production forWater Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid ...
Some stressors, such as water scarcity, can be a stressor on its own because of its structural character, and drive the effects of other stressors. The relevance of water scarcity as a stressor is more important in semi-arid regions, such as the Mediterranean basin, which are characterized ...
<sec>ObjectiveWater is one of the important factors restricting rice growth and has a significant impact on rice yield and quality.By analyzing the effects of water stress at different growth stages on rice yield and quality,this paper
of water scarcity,crop failure,rising sea levels and storm surges due to climate change.(2)___It is important to help people make good decisions about whether to stay where they are or move to new locations where they are less vulnerable.The report noted that the effects of climate change...
Colorado water law and the scarcity of water encourages cities to acquire more water than they need and to resist conservation because of implied threats that they may lose water they are not currently using. Based on surveys of selected cities, costs of water acquisition from transfers, storage...
Scarcity of water is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. Drought-induced loss in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, since both the severity and duration of the stress are critical. Here, we have reviewed the effects of drought stress on ...