Human societies evolved alongside rivers, but how has the relationship between human settlement locations and water resources evolved over time? We conducted a dynamic analysis in the conterminous US to assess the coevolution of humans and water resources from 1790 to 2010. Here we show that humans...
In high-income nations like the U.S., food and water insecurity can be triggered by a range of circumstances, including sudden income loss, familial instability or infrastructure problems. Though much more common at lower income levels, the researchers said that water and food insecurity occur fa...
This paper examines how HWTs transformed from a temporary solution to unsanitary drinking water conditions in the global South to a legitimised technological fix for communities that experience chronic household water insecurity in the United States. We examine the discursive and material processes ...
Anthonj C, Mingoti Poague KIH, Fleming L, Stanglow S (2024) Invisible struggles: WASH insecurity and implications of extreme weather among urban homeless in high-income countries - a systematic scoping review. Int J Hyg Environ Health 255:114285. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJHEH.2023.114285 ...
Household Water Insecurity in the Global North: A Study of Rural and Periurban Settlements on the Texas–Mexico Border Vandewalle, Household water insecurity in the Global North: a study of rural and periurban settlements on the Texas-Mexico border, The Professional ... W Jepson,E Vandewalle ...
Household water insecurity in the Global North: a study of rural and periurban settlements on the Texas–Mexico border. Prof. Geogr. 68, 66–81 (2016). Article Google Scholar EPA. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems: A Program Strategy (EPA, 2005). NESC. Assessment of U.S. Onsite ...
Fig. 1.The four domains of water security are availability, accessibility, use, and stability. Household and individual water insecurity occur when any of these domains are not present. In most cases, the domains to the right depend on those to the left, which means that measuring phenomena ...
infrastructure, and institutions in urban environments. Even when water is not directly connected to the proximate causes of con ict, it is essential to consider the many ways that water insecurity, which is most often derived from water resource management con gurations, could be interacting with...
Despite Iran’s longstanding reputation for sustainable water management, the country currently faces mounting water-related challenges caused by population growth, industrial development, urban sprawl, lifestyle changes, climate change, territorial conf
Water insecurity costs the global economy some US$ 500 billion annually, according to Global Water Partnership (GWP). That figure does not take into account environmental impacts so the total drag on the world economy could be 1% or more of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GWP released th...