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 it will be argued that the 'engineering fix' approach owed its existence to the unanimous, unchallenged belief in the scarcity of Australia's water resources. The evidence and rationale for this belief are examined and it is argued that water is not scarce in a physical sense....
Water scarcity and institutional change: lessons in adaptive governance from the drought experience of Perth, Western Australia Urban water systems will be increasingly challenged under future climates and global pressures. Meeting challenges by reconfiguring water systems to integr... Y Bettini,R Brown...
The adoption of a hybrid approach to water rights known as the California doctrine in some western states of the United States (US) and Australia creates some doubt as to what factors drive scarcity and the evolution of property rights to water. In previous studies commentators have argued that...
Water scarcity is a challenge in arid regions across the world1 and is managed by a wide range of governance and institutional approaches2,3. As climate change and competition for water between uses continues to add pressure to already water-stressed regions4,5, managers, policy makers, and sc...
Water scarcity and institutional change: lessons in adaptive governance from the drought experience of Perth, Western Australia Urban water systems will be increasingly challenged under future climates and global pressures. Meeting challenges by reconfiguring water systems to integr... Y Bettini,R Brown...
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. ...
Water Scarcity, Governance and Study Approach [ 讲座时间:2016-07-12 地点:崇鋈楼敏行厅 主讲人:Prof. Robert Sheehen 主持人:方兰 教授 ] The water scarcity is a long-lasting problem that threatening the human beings all over the world, especially in Northwest China. To conquer this insurmountable...
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...
It has intense agricultural activity and can be considered as a representative of an arid/semiarid Mediterranean environment that needs to adapt to water scarcity. This study attempts to characterise the territorial area of Axarquia in agrarian, economic and hydrological terms. The approach focuses on...