Department of GeographyUniversity of DurhamDurhamKluwer Academic PublishersGeojournalBirdi, N., 1997: Water scarcity in Malta, GeoJournal 41(2), 181-191.Birdi, N. (1997). Water scarcity in Malta. GeoJournal, 41, 181-191.BIRDI N., 1997, "Water scarcity in Malta", Geojournal, 42 (1)...
TheGlobal Drought Observatory (GDO)monitors and assesses drought conditions worldwide. The GDO MapViewer displays the “Risk of Drought impact on Agriculture” as high (3), medium (2), low (1), and no risk (0). Summarizes affected countries by their risk of drought impact on agriculture Ad...
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These are: priority date, volume or flow of water allowed by the right, stated water use of the right, and some means of identifying the geography and source of the water pertaining to the right - typically the coordinates of the Point of Diversion (PoD) of a waterbody or well. The ...
China's water scarcity YongJiang, inJournal of Environmental Management, 2009 North China has experienced heavy demand for water, and groundwater is an important source forwater supplyin this area. As demonstrated byTable 1, in 2006, North China got 63.3% of its water supply fromsurface waterand...
A range of concepts relative to water scarcity are discussed in this chapter. Natural scarcity resulting from arid and semi-arid climates and drought is one issue, and a second is man-made scarcity which is associated with desertification and water shortage due to poor management. Separation of ...
This means that water use pure technical efficiency could aggravate water scarcity in neighboring regions. From the perspective of the “new” new economic geography (NNEG) theoretical framework [62], technology agglomeration can lead to a core–periphery (C–P) distribution of resources. The ...
Secondly, the study was conducted in a specific country and a single conservation context. While in terms of socio-economic development, Israel is similar to many other developed countries and water scarcity is a global environmental concern, the specific nature of the case might limit the general...
we draw on critical social sciences to explain urban water crises as generated by asymmetrical power relations that determine who controls water and how water is redistributed within a city12,13,14,15. This scholarship explains that conditions of water scarcity and limited access to water result fr...
(i.e. the time between when water enters and leaves a system), which constrains the window of time for plankton to grow and accumulate. By definition, plankton are free-floating organisms that cannot swim against currents. They go wherever the water takes them, so once water is exported, ...