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CONSTRUÇÃO POLÍTICA DA DISPONIBILIDADE HÍDRICA: O CASO DO SERTÃO SEMIÁRIDO
GEOUSP: Espaço e Tempo, 2013 Em regiões de relativa escassez hídrica como o Semiárido nordestino, a existência de um manancial extrapola os limites de um acidente geográfico e de um bem público isolado para se converter numa matriz de possibilidades estratégicas da qual depende toda
Rita Alcântara Domingues
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Threats posed by land use to water quality in South Africa's strategic water source areas
World Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 155-164, February 2025.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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World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 1170-1186, November 2024.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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Proyección, 2018 La Cuenca Lerma ha sufrido infinidad de intervenciones humanas, desde el trasvase a mediados del siglo XX hasta la urbanización e industrialización. Los municipios que forman parte del Curso Alto en esta Cuenca, se han organizado de distintas formas ...
Esmeralda Pliego Alvarado +1 more
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World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 1162-1169, November 2024.Abstract In this opinion article, we propose that self‐supply, as a model for household‐managed water supply in rural areas, is the foundational model for water supply in rural households. Any other model is only complementary while it lasts. Therefore, self‐supply needs more emphasis in research and intentional exposure and support in practice.
George Kiambuthi Wainaina, Helen Barbosa
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Gestão de Recursos Hídricos: uma análise do Plano Municipal de Saneamento Básico de Xangri-Lá/RS
Redes, 2016 O presente artigo busca analisar a forma como ocorre a regionalização e gestão dos recursos hídricos a partir da análise do Plano Municipal de Saneamento Básico de Xangri-Lá (PMSBX), o que por si só já demonstra a importância do tema, ainda mais ante a ...
Mariana Barbosa de Souza +1 more
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Dams in intrastate ethnic conflict: A comparison of Turkey and Ethiopia
World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 1044-1065, November 2024.Abstract Why do dams exacerbate ethnic conflict in Turkey but not in Ethiopia? This paper analyzes the impacts of a growing push to develop water resources through hydroelectric dams, which promise clean energy, jobs, and economic opportunities. Yet dam building also causes environmental degradation, mass relocation, the flooding of historical sites ...
Alex Bezahler
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Integrated water resources management and the land‐water nexus: A South African perspective
World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 3, Page 755-779, August 2024.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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Climate‐resilient water infrastructure: A call to action
Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 17-29, Spring/Summer 2024.Abstract The effects of climate change have put tremendous stress on our existing water infrastructure and necessitate rethinking of how we govern and manage these systems. This commentary is a call to action for placing a holistic understanding of climate resilience at the center of water governance, understanding and approaching the issues as ...
Joanne Vinke‐De Kruijf +4 more
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Reglas informales en los consejos de cuenca. El caso del río Santiago
Espiral, 2019 En este artículo, se analiza la implementación de una política hídrica en el río Santiago (México), con énfasis en la participación social en la gestión del agua, resaltando el papel de las reglas informales en los llamados consejos de cuenca ...
Enrique Pérez Luján +1 more
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