Threats posed by land use to water quality in South Africa's strategic water source areas
Abstract Understanding the negative impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) on water quality is key to developing effective integrated catchment management strategies. However, in line with the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) philosophy, this necessitates the generation and application of useful scientific knowledge, which stakeholders and ...
Kent Anson Locke, Kevin Winter
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Plan de gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos de la cuenca hidrográfica transfronteriza del río Zarumilla [PDF]
Plantea lograr una adecuada gestión integrada e integral de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca y acuífero trasfronterizo del río Zarumilla. Pretende convertirse en un instrumento práctico de política pública de Perú y Ecuador que orientará la formulación
Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua +1 more
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Gobernanza del agua en una Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico en el Municipio de Valdivia, Antioquia [PDF]
El propósito de este informe es analizar la gobernanza del agua en una gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos en el municipio de Valdivia, ubicado en la cuenca del Cauca, uno de los afluentes más importantes de Antioquia y del país.
Uribe Clavijo, Camilo Andrey
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Abstract Sustainable land management (SLM) practices is a key to reducing rates of land degradation and has proven to ensure water security by increasing soil moisture availability, decreasing surface runoff, decreasing soil erosion, increasing infiltration, and decreasing flood discharge. Land degradation is adversely affecting over 75% of the Earth's
Melku Dagnachew +5 more
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De la teoría a la práctica en la formulación de los planes de gestión de recursos hídricos [PDF]
Considera que la formulación de los planes de gestión de los recursos hídricos debe contar con una participación activa de los diferentes actores de la cuenca. En este sendio, indica que el Proyecto de Modernización de la Gestión de los Recursos Hídricos
Chinchay Alza, Luis
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Abstract The inherent complexity of governing transboundary social–ecological systems like the Cubango‐Okavango River Basin (CORB) has given rise to various governance frameworks like integrated water resource management (IWRM) and adaptive governance. While these may work in theory and some specific contexts, current discordance between formal (state)
Victoria Shifidi +2 more
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Metodologia para a gestão ambiental de bacia hidrográfica com abrangência para região hidrográfica: um estudo de caso do plano diretor do programa pró-Guaíba, RS [PDF]
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia de ProduçãoEsta pesquisa surgiu do interesse pelo Programa Pró-Guaíba, do governo do Rio Grande do Sul que foi implantado em 1989 que ...
Nunes, Ellen Regina Mayhé
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Integrated water resources management and the land‐water nexus: A South African perspective
Abstract As a source of diffuse pollution, land use/land cover (LULC) can have profound impacts on water quality. Accordingly, the importance of managing the land‐water nexus is often emphasized in the rhetoric of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
Kent Anson Locke
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An ecological perspective for analysing rural depopulation and abandonment
Abstract Population loss in rural areas is rapidly increasing in high‐income countries, raising concerns and debate, given its socio‐economic consequences. Despite the evident environmental dimension of the phenomenon, ecological knowledge has been neglected in the analysis of actions aiming to reverse rural depopulation.
Francisco Lloret +3 more
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Política y estrategia de recursos hídricos [PDF]
Trata sobre la gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos y describe el contexto mundial y nacional del agua.
Autoridad Nacional del Agua
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