The study aims to explore the causes and impact of water scarcity from a socio-economic perspective. The study is based on both the primary and secondary data. The primary data is collected in the rural area of Quetta district from farmers through a well structure questionnaire, whereas ...
Akbar was also the ruler that made Agra the Mughal capital in 1558. It is said that as Shah Jahan neared the end of his life, his son Aurangzeb, imprisoned him in a tower within the Red Fort where he passed. Once the early 18th century came, the fort changed possession frequently ...
Spatial-Temporal Variation of Drought in China from 1982 to 2010 Based on a modified Temperature Vegetation Drought Index (mTVDI) Shuhe Zhao , Dianmin Cong … Zhihao Qin Scientific Reports Open Access 12 December 2017 The world’s road to water scarcity: shortage and stress in the 20th c...
The last 10 percent of rural residents without access to tap water are mainly from mountainous, pasturing and alpine areas, he said. "With low precipitation, such places suffer severe water scarcity," he said. The harsh natural conditions in these places, which usually feature huge mountains and...
MUMBAI, Jun 30 (Xinhua) -- Water scarcity in India is turning into a grave crisis leading to a possible halting of residential construction in some cities and rising migration in rural areas due to farm distress. In the country's southern city of Bengaluru -- capital of Karnataka state, th...
(contribution 5) deals with the importance of irrigation in agriculture. With climate change leading to frequent droughts, water scarcity in rural areas, and an ageing rural population, the need for efficient water management and automatic systems is growing. While existing automatic irrigation systems...
Water scarcity is a global problem that has intensified in recent years. A decrease in water availability affects more and more cities around the world [1]. Rural areas are more exposed to pressures on water resources and require measures to reduce water demand [2]. As water resources become...
Water pollutionis a serious issue in urban as well as rural areas. Many sources in the rural sector, such as agriculture, small-scale industrial activities, domestic sewage, poor waste management, village dry toilets, livestock farms, etc. have been documented to contribute to the menace of wa...
Impact of scarcity of water on public health in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 73 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 ...
"Our water coverage has remained constant in the last decade, yet we are adding 1 million people to the country's population annually. This calls for improved water management through harnessing appropriate technologies to tackle scarcity in rural areas and unplanned settlements in cities," said Wan...