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Checking the adequacy of rainwater harvesting system for housing and landscaping [PDF]

, 2007
Rainwater harvesting has been the main source of water supply for potable and non-potable uses in the old days because the water conveyance systems were not used for water distribution and the method used for rainwater harvesting was simple and primary ...
Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Mohammed, Thamer Ahmed   +2 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gleaning the Rocky Shore? 2500 Years of Coastal Resource Use at Red Bluff 1, GunaiKurnai Country, SE Australia

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner, Bruno David, David M. Kennedy, Fiona Petchey, Joanna Fresløv, Ashleigh J. Rogers, Jillian Garvey, Rachel Kirby, Runjie Yuan, Russell Mullett, John Stanisic, Kyne Krusic‐Golub, V. Ruth Pullin, Matthew C. McDowell, Robert J. Skelly, Anthony Romano, Vanessa N. L. Wong, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental literacy and global citizenship education (GCE) are necessary to the development of a fairer, more peaceful and more sustainable world, but teachers frequently lack practical examples of their implementation in the classroom.
Claire Lee, Aminath Shiyama, Fathimath Shafeeqa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal implications of compulsory rainwater harvesting in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2013
Rainwater harvesting refers to a process that capture rainfall and use it for non-portable use like flushing and general washing. Although it has been promoted in Malaysia since 1999, the implementation of rainwater harvesting as an alternative supply of
Ab Rahman, Suhaimi, Md Khalid, Rasyikah, Mohd Shahwahid, Farah, Othman, Mohd Shahwahid   +3 more
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How Supply Networks Influence Sustainable Innovation: Evidence From Ghana's Public Works Procurement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent environmental and sustainability standards in procurement increase short‐term production and operational costs to suppliers, which are often recouped by charging price premiums for innovative solutions. However, public buyers are less likely to pay such price premiums, resulting in a disincentive among suppliers to bid for innovation ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Kerry Brown, Ferry Jie, Reza Kiani Mavi, Alain Neher   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting Potential by Water Budgeting Study

International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2023
In the present era of acute water shortage both in rural areas for agriculture and urban areas for drinking and industrial water needs, rainwater harvesting seems to be feasible solution to provide for considerable storage of water during rains.
M. Manikandan, M. V. Ranghaswami, G. Thiyagarajan   +2 more
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Enhancing food and livelihood security in the context of the food and financial crisis: challenges and opportunities for small scale rainwater harvesting and conservation [PDF]

The world recently experienced the food and financial crisis. The food crisis was an indicator of the challenges towards sufficiently feeding an increasing world population.
Baiphethi, Mompati N., Kundhlande, Godfrey, Ralehlolo, N.G., Viljoen, Machiel F.   +3 more
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Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Airport operators face growing climate‐change pressures; the circular economy offers pathways to reduce impacts and recover resources. We examine how airport operators apply the circular economy in practice. We use an exploratory qualitative multicase design based on practitioner‐generated documents (e.g., press releases and sustainability ...
Michele Oppioli, Davide Calandra, Federico Lanzalonga, Paolo Biancone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reuse of Water as Part of a Water Sustainability Strategy: Experiences of Germany and Poland

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wastewater can provide an alternative supply of scarce water resources, particularly for operations that do not require high‐quality water. The uptake in wastewater usage is likely to be driven by a combination of public and private sector actors via internal actions and external collaborations.
Jonathan Morris, T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Piotr C. Sosnowski, Katarzyna Paweska, Agata Rudnicka, Serena Caucci   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source