Water scarcity is a pressing global challenge which must be addressed promptly with sustainable solutions. This essay discusses fog harvesting as a promising supplemental water source in the coastal regions of South America. Fog harvesting proves to be a highly cost-effective and energy-efficient ...
Climate disruptions and water scarcity are threatening food security and human well‐being. We provide a framework for selecting a more diverse set of arid゛dapted food crops to reduce food system vulnerabilities to climate change, climate‐related illness, and economic disparities in arid lands. ...
A combination of these factors has led to high levels of water scarcity and an immense burden on the water supply. However, it must be noted that in 1994, South Africa (SA) embarked on developing numerous policies and strategies to address water challenges. While some levels of success have...
1B), for example, the Orinoco River in northern South America (Fig. 1A). Fig. 1: Economic and physical water scarcity. The scatter plot in panel A shows the two metrics in panels B and C plotted against each other in four basins. Each point represents the maximum absolute value of ...
Water scarcity is rapidly increasing in many regions. In a novel, multi-model assessment, we examine how human interventions (HI: land use and land cover change, man-made reservoirs and human water use) affected monthly river water availability and water
Keywords: water scarcity; sustainable water management; mining; chile 1. Introduction Chile is one of Latin America's greatest industrial and agricultural exporters and has recently been appointed a new OECD member [1]; nevertheless, environmental and social issues within the country remain highly ...
climate change, the report said, “seasonal water scarcity will increase in regions where it is currently abundant — such as Central Africa, East Asia and parts of South America — and worsen in regions where water is already in short supply, such as the Middle East and the Sahara in ...
There are three main challenges that inhibit the improvement of WASH conditions in this area: inadequate institutional capacity, water scarcity, and poor socio-economic conditions. We found that a village leader is the most important actor who influences the sustainability of WASH services in this ar...
1In many places water is becoming scarcer. Treating it as a right makes the scarcity worse. Ideally, efficient water use would be encouraged by charging for it, but attempts to do so have mostly proved politically impossible. A more practicable alternative is a system of tradable waterusage ...
Water treaties have played an important role in peaceful resolution of water-related conflicts. Although the mode of negotiation to resolve water-related conflicts may vary from treaty to treaty, a number of structural falls make them unprepared for the future needs. The Indus water treaty is perh...