scholarly journals Water crisis - beyond the destruction

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Bakas ◽  
Ι. Papadimitriou ◽  
P. Argyri
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Economical Method ◽  
Definitive Solution ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Over Time

A major issue related to the environment, is namely the lack of water and in general the reduction of clean water supplies over time, mostly in our days due to climate change. Through the projection of scientific data, we want to raise the issue and above all to make people feel the importance of the situation. Then, under the context of awareness raising, we present suggested solutions that we have found to solve this serious problem. We also need to add our own solution for an economical method of water desalination and purification. This will reduce the feeling of water scarcity without however being a definitive solution.

scholarly journals Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan?

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussam Hussein ◽  
Alberto Natta ◽  
Abed Al Kareem Yehya ◽  
Baha Hamadna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
The Impact

Since the Syrian crisis and the so-called “Arab Spring”, new discourses have been created, sparking the discursive water governance debates around water scarcity and hydropolitics. In Lebanon and Jordan—where most water resources are transboundary, and where most Syrian refugees have flown in—new discourses of climate change and especially of Syrian refugees as exacerbating water scarcity are emerging, shaping water governance debates. The aim of this paper is to engage in comparative discourse analysis about narratives of water crises and refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. This study is novel because of the focus on the new discourse of refugees in relation to water governance debates in both Lebanon and Jordan. This paper finds that in both countries the new discourses of refugees do not replace previous and existing discourses of water crisis and scarcity, but rather they build on and reinforce them. This paper finds that the impact these discourses had on the governance debates is that in Lebanon the resources mobilized focused on humanitarian interventions, while Jordan focused on development projects to strengthen the resilience of its water infrastructure and its overall water governance system.

Maghreb’s water scarcity may foment unrest

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequality ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Output

Subject Maghreb water scarcity. Significance Damage to two main drinking supply channels in the Algerian city of Annaba and other locales in early January threatened the water supply of thousands of people. This is a common problem in the countries of the Maghreb. Impacts Water disruptions widen socioeconomic inequality between rural populations and those on the coasts and in cities with access to clean water. Climate change will negatively affect economic output for Maghreb countries that depend on water-intensive sectors such as agriculture. Economic growth strategies focused on state-owned water-intensive industries will heighten tension between elites and citizens.

scholarly journals Air dan Dampak Kelangkaannya bagi Perekonomian Masyarakat Urban: Studi Pustaka Pulau Jawa

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
Ratna Indah Lestari ◽  
Rina Ramadhani ◽  
Sherawali Sherawali ◽  
Ana Toni Roby Candra Yudha
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Educational Levels

The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the effect of water resources on the economy of urban communities in Java and to answer the issue of clean water scarcity in 2040. The results of this study indicate that the issue of water scarcity in Java in 2040 is caused by climate change. population growth, land-use change, and water pollution. The suggestion in accordance with this is that all stakeholders are expected to be aware of and continue to monitor the availability of clean water by providing education and socialization at various professional and educational levels in order to obtain more sustainable use of water.

scholarly journals Impact of Rapid Tourism Growth on Water Scarcity in Bali, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Eva Mia Siska Yamamoto ◽  
Takahiro Sayama ◽  
Kaoru Takara
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Domestic Water ◽  
Domestic Water Demand ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Impact

Despite Bali’s dependency on tourism, concerns over the impact of tourism on water scarcity are increasing. The objective of this study is to analyze the clean water demand related to tourism growth and compare them with the available clean water supply. This study suggested that tourism water demand has increased by 20.8 million m3 (295%) from 1988 to 2013. Sixty-eight percent of the increase was concentrated in Badung Regency, where the tourism water demand ratio has increased from 31% to 46%. The study also suggested that rapid population growth has caused an increase in domestic water demand by 48.3 million m3 (48%). This study also shows that the capacity of clean water supply in Bali has increased significantly to meet these demands and the water supply coverage of domestic water demand has increased significantly from 13% in 1988 to 53% in 2013. The water supply coverage of tourism demand varies from year to year with an average of 28% in the study period. The increasing issues over water scarcity despite the improvement in the coverage of domestic water demand suggest further investigations. Yet, despite the large gap between supply and demand in the tourism sector the industry still can have undisrupted clean water throughout the year. This indicates the use of alternative clean water which can be obtained locally such as groundwater. Wise water management through the sharing of scientific data, including in the tourism sector is imperative in solving water scarcity in Bali.  Keywords: clean water demand, water scarcity, Badung Regency

scholarly journals Water Scarcity in Brazil: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Slater
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
The City

Between 2012 and 2015, Brazil experienced one of the worst droughts in its history. A combination of natural and human-made causes—including climate change, environmental degradation, poor urban planning, a lack of maintenance of existing infrastructure, corruption, and the mismanagement of water resources—contributed to a growing water crisis. This article will focus on the effects of both the drought and the subsequent water crisis on the vast metropolitan area of the city of São Paulo, illustrating how both natural and human factors combined to create a crisis in Brazil’s largest city.

scholarly journals Public History and the Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Stine
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Public History ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Over Time

The fields of public history and environmental history emerged independently as professional pursuits during the 1970s. Over time, their practitioners found common ground within problems related to the built and natural environment. Spurred by challenges posed by globalization and climate change, public environmental historians increasingly embraced a transnational perspective. The broad range and scope of public environmental history reflect the diversity of the field’s patrons (including government agencies, courts of law, and cultural and scientific institutions) and the spectrum of concerns associated with society’s interactions with the biophysical world, including pollution, loss of biodiversity, overpopulation, water scarcity, food security, and sustainability.

Climate Change and Drought: Impact of Food Insecurity on Gender Based Vulnerability in District Tharparkar

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manzoor Hussain Memon ◽  
Naveed Aamir ◽  
Nadeem Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Arid Ecosystems ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
The People ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Arid Desert

Climate change has now become a reality that has intensified the sufferings of people living in arid ecosystems. Decrease in rainfall, rise in temperature and increase in the frequency of extreme events are some of the changes observed in the semi-arid desert of district Tharparkar. For thousands of years, people of Tharparkar are coping with drought and aridity of the land by using indigenous knowledge. However, global changes in the climatic pattern and deterioration of social and economic conditions have pushed the inhabitants of this arid region into extreme vulnerable situation. This paper investigates the link between climate-induced natural disasters, particularly drought, from the perspective of changing climate patterns which have resulted in food insecurity and water scarcity. The paper analyses the rainfall pattern in the last 38 years—dividing it into two periods i.e. from 1975-1994 and 1995-2014. The findings of the paper have challenged the prevailing notions about aridity and rainfall patterns in Tharparkar district. The research found that there is an increase in average annual precipitation in the district with erratic patterns. Thus, the nature of drought in the district has changed from its historic pattern of less or no rainfall to more but erratic rainfall that is more threatening to livelihoods of the people that in turn have multiplier effect on water and food insecurity. In particularly, women are more vulnerable in the absence of social security and lack of basic necessities for their survival amidst drought. For instance, traditionally the burden of managing water resources falls on women, which leads to an increased work load during the time of drought and also water scarcity. JEL Classification: Q54, Q56, Q25, I30 Keywords: Climate, Environment and Development, Drought, Water, Poverty

Cultivating Ice over Time: On the Idea of Timeless Knowledge and Places in the Himalayas

1969 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Gagné
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Close Study ◽  
Indian Himalayas ◽  
Over Time

Assumptions that local communities have an endogenous capacity to adapt to climate change stemming from time-tested knowledge and an inherent sense of community that prompts mobilisation are becoming increasingly common in material produced by international organisations. This discourse, which relies on ahistorical and apolitical conceptions of localities and populations, is based on ideas of timeless knowledge and places. Analysing the water-place nexus in Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas, through a close study of glacier practices as they change over time, the article argues that local knowledge is subject to change and must be analysed in light of changing conceptions and experiences of place by the state and by local populations alike.

Water scarcity and sustainability in the arid area of North America: Insights gained from a cross border perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia ◽  
John W. Day
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Arid Area ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
The Face

The arid border region that encompasses the American Southwest and the Mexican northwest is an area where the nexus of water scarcity and climate change in the face of growing human demands for water, emerging energy scarcity, and economic change comes into sharp focus.

Coping with water scarcity in Kashafroud G-WADI Basin, Iran: climate change or growing demands?

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Torabi Palatkaleh Sedigheh ◽  
Sadeghi Niloofar ◽  
Estiri Kobra ◽  
Ashouri Meisam
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity
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