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Abstract The African Water Vision 2025 emphasized the disadvantages of the rural population in the context of water supply infrastructure, water management, and access. The vision extolled the virtues of providing improved decentralized governance and localized actions to deliver on this agenda.
Kristin Mutschinski, Neil A. Coles
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Abstract Groundwater is a vital resource under threat in island communities. Karainagar, a 22 km2 island, is one of seven islands off the coast of Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka, with its population of just about 11,000 persons, experiences seasonal water shortage, and salinity in groundwater as twin threats impacting on their lives.
Inthirakumaran Karthiga +3 more
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Managing floods in Chennai City as part of situation understanding and improvement project
Abstract Transdisciplinary approaches in water are important to ensure water security to everyone around the world. Recently, Young Water Professionals (YWPs) training was carried out to impart learning in transdisciplinary approaches. Besides online workshops and lectures, the training program included the Situation Understanding and Improvement ...
Sunil Shivakumar +11 more
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Abstract Urban water security (UWS) is and will remain a crucial issue over the next decades, especially as it is exacerbated by climate change effects and related hazards. Despite the growing number of studies focusing on more diverse dimensions, including social dimensions, of water security and urban dynamics, there is still an absence of ...
Subham Mukherjee, Trude Sundberg
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Minería y seguridad hídrica en el noroeste de México: un análisis de doble exposición
El objetivo es explorar las relaciones entre la minería y la seguridad hídrica en Sonora en un contexto de cambio climático, y cómo éstas colocan a las comunidades rurales en una situación de doble exposición.
América Nallely Lutz Ley
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Los retos del agua en México / Water challenges in Mexico
Se presenta el análisis que hace el Foro Económico Mundial sobre la correlación del agua con la mayor parte de las actividades humanas, señalando el incremento de la presión sobre las agendas sociales, políticas, económicas y medioambientales.
Felipe Ignacio Arreguín-Cortés +2 more
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El embalse Milluni Grande depende principalmente de la precipitación, siendo vulnerable ante periodos de sequía, de forma que puede afectar a la seguridad hídrica de las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto.
Claudia Medina
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El cambio climático ya se encuentra entre nosotros y debemos combatirlo con medidas de adaptación. Los tiempos extremos y la escasez de precipitación provocan que la sierra peruana tenga alta vulnerabilidad asociada a la seguridad hídrica, agrícola y ...
Max Keneth Quispe Barrios
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This study analyzes the effects of Hurricane Eta on the Chiriquí Viejo River basin, revealing the significant impact of extreme weather events on the hydrological dynamics of the region. The maximum rainfall recorded on November 4, 2020, reached 223.8 mm,
Hermes De Gracia
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Chile Central (30° - 37°S), concentra cerca del 75% de la población total del país, lo cual se traduce en una enorme demanda hídrica. Gran parte del agua disponible del área en cuestión proviene de la nieve estacional y los glaciares ubicados en la alta
Ana Hernández-Duarte +4 more
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