This chapter provides the context, setting and framework of water policy analysis for this volume. It gives an introduction to the state of water resources in the Philippines, supply and demand situation and the extent of pollution of water bodies. It presents the framework of analysis that ...
2021). The full range of difficulties, resulting from water scarcity in the short and long terms, will have heavy impacts on many countries worldwide, politically, socially, financially, and economically (Yihdego et al. 2019)—and these may lead in some regions, to military confrontations. ...
This is of great importance for relieving the cost and time pressure of fulfilling SDG-6.1 goals by 2030. Results Geography of global water scarcity To assess the potential impact of the SWE technique, the raster gross national income (GNI) data and the people without SMDW service were first...
Endeavoring to expand this post-human perspective towards a decolonial political ecology, Noah Theriault’s (2017) ethnographic research on Palawan Island in the Philippines seeks to establish the agency of invisible forest ‘beings’ and ‘spirits’, central to Palawan ontological practices, in the ...
Water consumption in the province of Bali, Indonesia has recently received much attention, due to developing water scarcity in the region and conflicts between the tourism and agriculture sectors. To understand the situation with water resources and analyze Bali's water consumption patterns, we need ...
[Prior to that date, the honor was held by the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the Philippines]The Sac Actun (“White Cave”) river system in the Yucatán Peninsula wanders for 153 km (95 miles) through a maze of underground limestone caves. It took British diver Stephen Bogaerts and...
With increasing water scarcity and stresses on existing water systems, all factors that may contribute to changes in water use and consumption need to be identified. Since water management issues have become progressively more focused on sustainability, processes that were traditionally thought of as ...
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The World Bank (WB). 2003. Philippines Environment Monitor 2003. Water Quality.http://www The World Bank (WB). 2007. Making the Most of Scarcity Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/00a-Fro...
In recent times, the densely populated Bengaluru metropolis in India has faced challenges related to water scarcity, particularly relying on the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) dam. The forecasting of reservoir water levels has become challenging due to spatio-temporal fluctuations in meteorological conditions...