The balanced urban water cycle was defined in terms of sustainability, safety, equity, and efficiency according to the water cycle-related literature particularly OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), and UN-Water (United Nations Water). In this study, sustainability, equity...
The quantitative definition of the Barents Sea Atlantic Water: mapping of the annual climatic cycle and interannual variability The Barents Sea Atlantic Water (AW) is defined in eight different ways in the literature. These definitions can be consolidated into one statement (decisi... Smolyar,I -...
resources Article Urban Water Security: Definition and Assessment Framework Hassan Tolba Aboelnga 1,2,* , Lars Ribbe 2 , Franz-Bernd Frechen 1 and Jamal Saghir 3 1 Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (DESEE), University of Kassel, Kurt-Wolters-Str. 3, 34125 Kassel, Germany...
Over the past two decades, more than 80 metropolitan cities across the world have faced severe water shortages due to droughts and unsustainable water use. Future projections are even more alarming, since urban water crises are expected to escalate and most heavily affect those who are socially, ...
and working towards harmonious intra-human and human-environment relationships is similarly central to this approach. This concept has traditionally been used predominantly in a narrow environmental definition and to underpin the preservation of the historical and cultural heritage. Town planners have been...
A life cycle assessment perspective to conventional and modular wastewater treatment Bikash R. Tiwari, Satinder Kaur Brar, in Modular Treatment Approach for Drinking Water and Wastewater, 2022 Abstract The urban wastewater sector is primarily dominated by centralized wastewater treatment schemes equipped wit...
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Each metric is clearly defined, with units, definition, assessment rule and specification of the input variables. Taking these objectives into account, a SWOT analysis was carried out (Table 3). Objectives and criteria Metrics 1. Adequacy of the service provided 1.1 Service ...
2019). Although, by definition, industrial or heating combustion products alone are not directly responsible for URD, it should be mentioned that during the winter, they strongly increase the amount of pollution that comes from the air into the soil and water. However, very few studies relate ...
The WDImon can serve as a characterization factor in the life cycle impact assessment, in order to understand its variation in impact results over time. This index can also be applied to determine whether applying different WDImon is necessary when assessing impacts of water consumption. In this...