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Socio-hydrology pathway of grain virtual water flow in China

Agricultural Water Management
As the world's largest grain producer, China's activities in virtual water trade for grain are particularly noteworthy. The imbalance of grain production and consumption among regions poses challenges to agricultural development and the sustainable use ...
Yali Yin, Jiajun Tong, Jiali Gu, Shikun Sun, Jingxin Sun, Jinfeng Zhao, Yihe Tang, Pute Wu, Yubao Wang, Zhaodan Wu   +9 more
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Agricultural Vulnerability Assessment: Climate and Non‐Climate Interactions in Crop Production Systems

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent climate phenomena show that Spain is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, with varied regional effects from flash floods to drought. This study assesses the vulnerability of four major crops (cereal, rice, grape and olive) in Catalonia to climate change through a comprehensive vulnerability index incorporating
Mahdieh Khezri‐nejad‐gharaei, Bouali Guesmi, Jeroen Buysse, Jose Maria Gil Roig   +3 more
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Cross-scale interactions of socio-hydrological subsystems: examining the frontier of common pool resource governance in Arizona

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
A critical frontier of water management in the western US is the challenge of cross-scale interactions. It is difficult to establish clear governance boundaries and collectively act when basins are interconnected, surface water and groundwater flows are ...
Abigail M York, Abigail Sullivan, Julia C Bausch   +2 more
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INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC MONITORING FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY CASE STUDY OF A JOHAD IN KARAULI, RAJASTHAN [PDF]

ICTACT Journal on Management Studies
Water scarcity in semi-arid regions like Rajasthan, India, necessitates management strategies that are both ecologically sound and socially sustainable.
Surendra Singh
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THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Public Support for Flood Risk Management: Insights from an Italian Alpine Survey Using Systems Thinking

Geographies
This study presents the results of a survey on flood risk awareness conducted in the Italian Alps, examining the impacts of a major weather event on public perception and trust.
Rocco Scolozzi, Anna Scolobig, Marco Borga   +2 more
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Comparative Efficiency of eDNA, Camera Traps and Scat Surveys to Detect a Semi‐Aquatic Mammal Across Multiple Catchments

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Monitoring semi‐aquatic mammals is essential for their conservation, but it is made difficult by their elusive lifestyle and generally low abundance. Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) monitoring has traditionally relied on scat surveys, but eDNA and camera‐trapping are emerging as promising alternatives.
Simon Lacombe, Sébastien Devillard, Louise D'Hollande, Yann Raulet, Vincent Sablain, Louis Barbu, Geoffrey Didier, Raphaël Mathevet, Claude Miaud, Clément Oyon, Eve le Pommelet, Sébastien Richarte, Serge Rouvière, Alice Valentini, Nathalie Vazzoler‐Antoine, Olivier Gimenez   +15 more
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Research project report on improving the reliability of compartmental models : case of conceptual hydrologic rainfall-runoff models [PDF]

, 1986
The Principal Investigator wishes to acknowledge the technical support provided by the Center for Computing Information and Technology at the University of Arizona. The typing and editing of this report was done by Ms. Corla Thies.
Gupta, Vijai Kumar, Sorooshian, Soroosh
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A Review of Canadian Prairie Hydrology: Principles, Modelling and Response to Land Use and Drainage Change [PDF]

, 2007
© Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 2007This report reviews research on the hydrological cycle, runoff generation, hydrological modelling and the influence of changes to land cover and wetlands on the same
Minke, Adam, Fang, Xing, Guangul, Seifu, Brown, Tom, Guo, Xulin, Westbrook, Cherie, Pomeroy, John   +6 more
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Socio-hydrology and sustainable tank management: empirical case from a Mailam tank cascade, Tamil Nadu, India

Frontiers in Water
IntroductionThe tank cascade system is an interconnected tank/pond managed with local norms and social capital governed by informal institutions. These linkages closely connect people, water, and the environment in the interface of resource management ...
Raj Rengalakshmi, Perumal Thamizoli, Rajendiren Nagarajan, Pasuvanna Nandeesa   +3 more
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