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Global monthly water scarcity: blue water footprints versus blue water availability. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, placing considerable importance on the accuracy of indicators used to characterize and map water scarcity worldwide.
Arjen Y Hoekstra   +4 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Anthropogenic effect on wetland biodiversity in Lake Tana Region: A case of Infranz Wetland, Northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2021
This study evaluates the effect of anthropogenic activities on Infranz Wetland biodiversity in Lake Tana area. Plant biodiversity data were collected from quadrants that were established in transect lines and macroinvertebrates were collected using 500 ...
Belachew Getnet Eneyew   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Smallholders’ Food Security Status in Kalu District, Northern Ethiopia

open access: yesChallenges, 2021
This study analyzed the determinants of rural households’ food security in the Kallu district of the Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia. The study used primary data collected from 395 randomly selected rural households.
Abdela Mohammed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of land-use and land-cover change on wetland ecosystem service values in peri-urban and urban area of Bahir Dar City, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesEcological Processes, 2021
Background Even though wetlands are essential in enhancing water quality and providing recreation and entertainment opportunities in urban areas, their values are overlooked by the decision-makers.
Workiyie Worie Assefa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a multi-metric index based on macroinvertebrates for wetland ecosystem health assessment in predominantly agricultural landscapes, Upper Blue Nile basin, northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Developing multi-metric indices (MMIs) as a tool for inland water ecosystem assessment has attracted the attention of the global scientific community.
Workiyie Worie Assefa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactive influence of climate variability and land-use change on blue and green water resources: a case study from the Ganjiang River Basin, China

open access: yesJournal of Water and Climate Change, 2022
The response of blue and green water to climate and land-use change in the Ganjiang River Basin (GRB) is evaluated via the SWAT model that combines three scenarios (the land-use/land-cover (LULC), climate change, and integrated climate and LULC change ...
Wenting Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth Development, Physiological Status and Water Footprint Assessment of Nursery Young Olive Trees (Olea europaea L. ‘Konservolea’) Irrigated with Urban Treated Wastewater

open access: yesResources, 2022
Application of urban treated wastewater (TWW) has been practiced globally as an alternative irrigation water source in areas where access to safe and abundant freshwater is limited.
Konstantina Fotia   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water Crisis Management Strategy through Investigation of Virtual Water Using CROPWAT Software [PDF]

open access: yesعلوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب, 2022
Water is one of the most important components of sustainable life. However, the excessive use of this vital element has caused irreparable damage to the limited water resources, and the agricultural industry assumed as the largest amount of consumed ...
Marzieh Makaremi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of Climate Change on Blue and Green Water Resources in the Xiangjiang River Basin of the Yangtze River, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2021
Green water resources, which are fundamental for plant growth and terrestrial ecosystem services, reflect precipitation that infiltrates into the unsaturated soil layer and returns to the atmosphere by plant transpiration and soil evaporation through the
Chang Feng, Liu Yang, Longfei Han
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the Virtual Water Trade of Agricultural Crops of Iran (Application of Panel Vector Autoregression Model) [PDF]

open access: yesمحیط زیست و مهندسی آب, 2021
The physical trade of agricultural crops from a country to another one involves the virtual transfer of water resources or the virtual water trade. Because agricultural commodities contain a lot of water embedded.
Mehran Hekmatnia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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