The Middle East and North Africa region is experiencing a widening gap between freshwater supply and demand caused by population and economic growth and climate change. This book addresses water scarcity issues in the MENA region and gives an overview of the current water policies in seven MENA ...
Chikanda cubes at the T-lab: a Zambian wild food delicacy. Note: chikanda is a soft textured meat-like product prepared in a 1:1 ratio of finely ground orchid tubers and peanut flour. Peanut flour is added to boiling water containing salt, baking soda, and occasionally chilli powder. Ch...
Water scarcity is a significant problem because agriculture is the primary source of revenue for the population [24]. 2.3. Methodology to be adopted in the investigation The extraction of waterbodies from satellite images has recently gained considerable interest. Various spatial, spectral, and ...
However, humans have done little to return the favor, as pollution, war and other misguided human intervention have led to increased water scarcity and higher contaminated water levels in the region. Importance of the Euphrates Basin in the History of the Middle East Historians and anthropologists...
Improved chlorination and rapid water quality assessment in response to an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea in Somali Region, Ethiopia The Somali Region of Ethiopia has been affected by drought for several years. Drought conditions have led to food and water scarcity and a humanitarian cri... Raj...
(Fig.2c) reveals an eastward shift in the convective regions over equatorial and southern tropical Africa, with the area around the Democratic Republic of Congo experiencing drier (Fig.2c; − 0.002 mm h−1year−1) and warmer (Fig.2a; 0.03 K year−1) conditions and associated ...
This paper assesses affordability and willingness of rural households in the Lowveld region (drought prone and experiencing water scarcity) of Swaziland to install rooftop rainwater harvesting systems consisting of gutters and storage tanks. Through purposive sampling, 350 heads of households were selected...
The Yangtze River Delta Region (YRDR) is currently experiencing dramatic population growth and economic development (Fu et al., 2013), in addition to problems of industrial wastewater discharge and water scarcity (Xu et al., 2012; Ping et al., 2007). To improve water quality and people's ...
(Fig.2c) reveals an eastward shift in the convective regions over equatorial and southern tropical Africa, with the area around the Democratic Republic of Congo experiencing drier (Fig.2c; − 0.002 mm h−1year−1) and warmer (Fig.2a; 0.03 K year−1) conditions and associated ...
According to studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), tropical mountainous areas are experiencing increasingly unfavorable climatic conditions regarding geohazards due to a heightened occurrence of intense rainfall events. These climatic shifts contribute to heightened geological risks, ...