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 conflicts, poor management, and insufficient public participatio...
In subject area:Earth and Planetary Sciences The SGMA defines “sustainable groundwater management” as: “The management and use of groundwater in a manner that can be maintained during the planning and implementation horizon without causing undesirable results,” defined as: ...
In addition, the countries of the GCC and Africa suffer from poor management or better saying mismanagement of their water resources. These criteria are negatively reflected, quantitatively and qualitatively, on the food security in the WF Nexus in these regions. Indeed, there are some other ...
Challenges Regarding Potable Water Supply Management By South African Municipalities Price Free (open access) Transaction WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Volume 125 Pages 10 Page Range 55 - 64 Published 2009 Size 538 kb Paper DOI ...
A while back, I noticed an abundance of small, white, whorl-like egg ribbons on much of the red bait (Pyura stolonifera) at Sterretjies Reef in Gordon’s Bay (near Cape Town, South Africa). But search as I might, I could not find the parents. Assuming they were well-camouflaged, ...
et al. High-resolution mapping of the world’s reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management. Front. Ecol. Environ. 9, 494–502 (2011). Article Google Scholar Mulligan, M., van Soesbergen, A. & Sáenz, L. GOODD, a global dataset of more than 38,000 georeferenced dams. ...
While significant parts of the globe are already facing significant freshwater scarcity, the need for more freshwater is projected to increase in order to sustain the increasing global population and economic growth, and adapt to climate change. Current approaches for addressing this challenge, which ...
Water erosion factor layers: R, rainfall erosivity; K, soil erodibility; LS, slope length and steepness; C, cover management; and P, support practice. Wind erosion factor layers: CE, climatic erosivity; EF, wind-erodible fraction; SC, soil crust; VC, vegetation cover; and SR, surface rou...
Given the aesthetic, cultural, ecological, and economic value of the date agro-system in Southwestern Tunisia, different management and conservation strategies have been warrantee to optimize land productivity sustainably. However, the inefficiency of the adopted management actions resulted in a continuous...
Typically, KT initiatives aimed at increasing awareness and promoting changes in stewardship behaviour among private well owners have focused on the creation of concise and practical educational materials highlighting ‘best management practices’ for well owners. While making these materials more reader-fri...