Because of climate change, water scarcity in Zimbabwe has become an everyday problem in both urban and rural areas. This could become even worse in the coming months, as even lower rainfall is predicted for Zimbabwe due to the El Niño conditions expected i...
Findings revealed that there was no study that specifically examined the vulnerability of children to water scarcity in Zimbabwe since a lot of literature was looking at water scarcity, water shortage, and water quality in general and would mention some children's vulnerabilities in the process. ...
Findings revealed that there was no study that specifically examined the vulnerability of children to water scarcity in Zimbabwe since a lot of literature was looking at water scarcity, water shortage, and water quality in general and would mention some children's vulnerabilities in the process. ...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one of the world’s hotspots for water scarcity caused by both climate change and human activities. Water scarcity problems are much more acute in some MENA regions with predominantly arid climates. Long-term hydro-climatic projections for the ...
In particular, we draw on critical social sciences to explain urban water crises as generated by asymmetrical power relations that determine who controls water and how water is redistributed within a city12,13,14,15. This scholarship explains that conditions of water scarcity and limited access to...
As the table above shows, the rural population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing some of the worst water scarcity issues across the region, with less than 1% of its rural population having access to on-premises water. This is particularly worrisome because the DRC has...
You may think that water scarcity mainly has to do with a lack of precipitation (降水), but it is also now a problem in southern China, an area in which it rains often.In December 2021, people in Shenzhen found that water began to run more slowly from their taps (水龙头). The ...
Water losses and the political constraints to demand management: The case of the City of Mutare, ZimbabweWater losses and the political constraints to demand management: The case of the City of Mutare, ZimbabweDemand managementSupply managementUnaccounted...
The world faces multiple water crises, including overextraction, flooding, ecosystem degradation and inequitable safe water access. Insufficient funding and ineffective implementation impede progress in water access, while, in part, a misdiagnosis of the causes has prioritized some responses over others (...
The African continent hosts some of the largest freshwater systems worldwide, characterized by a large distribution and variability of surface waters that