Water scarcity occurs when there are insufficient freshwater resources to meet the human and environmental demands of a certain area. Given the challenges of population growth, profligate use, growing pollution, and global warming, many countries and maj
North Africa: Water Scarcitydoi:10.1111/j.1467-6346.2023.11119.xNORTH AfricaWATER shortagesThe report, titled I The Economics of Water Scarcity in MENA: Institutional Solutions i , notes that by the end of this decade, the amount of water available per capita annually will fall below the ...
WaterAfricaCOVID-19In the light of the current situation regarding the COVID-19 disease, a discussion is attempted on the need for focusing on water scarcity in Africa and the important considerations to conserving water to fight against SARS-CoV-2 virus....
He stated that studies have shown that Southern Africa will experience water scarcity to meet human and ecosystem needs as a result of climate change. "We have acknowledged that our country's water resources are on the decline in both quality and quantity. We are not the only country facing ...
Water scarcityarises in situations where there is insufficient water to simultaneously support both human and ecosystem water needs (White, 2014). Most often this arises as a result of a basic lack of water (i.e., physical water scarcity), but it may also result from a lack of suitable in...
national hydrological model to quantify sub-basin-level river depletion, finding high-to-severe levels of irrigation scarcity in 30% of sub-basins in the western United States, with cattle-feed crops—alfalfa and other hay—being the largest water consumers in 57% of the region’s sub-basins....
In this paper we examine the nexus of water an energy scarcity in South Africa. The fresh water resources of the country are close to exhaustion (Business Day, 2009; Turton, 2008), yet safe drinking water is not yet universally available to all in the country – in spite of a government...
Impact of scarcity of water on public health in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 70 作者: R Nonceba Lubanga 摘要: South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that enshrines the basic right to sufficient water in its Constitution. However, much ...
Water, energy and food security in southern Africa are interdependent and exposed to the climate. This Review considers the extent to which spatial and sectoral interdependencies can be, and are being, considered. In southern Africa, the connections betw
Kakonge JO (2002) Water scarcity and related environmental problems in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: the role of the transboundary environmental impact assessment convention. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20: 49-59. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3152/147154602781766861....