Search Results - "International journal of water resources development"

Public acceptance of recycled water by Fielding, Kelly S., Dolnicar, Sara, Schultz, Tracy

“…Recycling water is not new. Yet, there are many examples from around the world of recycled water projects that have failed because of public opposition. This…”
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Water resources research to support a sustainable China by Li, Peiyue, Qian, Hui

“…Water resources are the basis for the sustainable development of China. However, the country is currently facing alarming water-related problems associated…”
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Conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water to reduce soil salinization in the Yinchuan Plain, North-West China by Li, Peiyue, Qian, Hui, Wu, Jianhua

“…Poor water resource management is an important factor in soil salinization in arid areas. In this study, the status of soil salinization and its controlling…”
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Why agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa remains low compared to the rest of the world - a historical perspective by Bjornlund, Vibeke, Bjornlund, Henning, Van Rooyen, Andre F.

“…Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa has, in recent times, remained lower than the rest of the world. Many attribute this to factors inherent to…”
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Updating the Register of International River Basins of the world by McCracken, Melissa, Wolf, Aaron T.

“…The delineation of the world's international river basins has not been undertaken by any formal body since 1978. Researchers with the Transboundary Freshwater…”
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Exploring the psychosocial and behavioural determinants of household water conservation and intention by Russell, Sally V., Knoeri, Christof

“…Securing urban freshwater supplies is a major challenge for policy makers globally. This study investigated the determinants of household water conservation to…”
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Role of economic instruments in water allocation reform: lessons from Europe by Rey, Dolores, Pérez-Blanco, Carlos Dionisio, Escriva-Bou, Alvar, Girard, Corentin, Veldkamp, Ted I. E.

“…A growing number of countries are reforming their water allocation regimes through the use of economic instruments. This article analyzes the performance of…”
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Challenges and prospects of sustainable groundwater management in an agricultural plain along the Silk Road Economic Belt, north-west China by Chen, Jie, Wu, Hao, Qian, Hui, Li, Xinyan

“…As a major challenge in building a new and sustainable Silk Road Economic Belt, threats induced by poor groundwater management have raised stress on the…”
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River chief system as a collaborative water governance approach in China by Wang, Yahua, Chen, Xiangning

“…Despite the various water management explorations in China over the past three decades, China's water problems remain challenging. Recently the Chinese…”
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Beyond hydropower: towards an integrated solution for water, energy and food security in South Asia by Rasul, Golam, Neupane, Nilhari, Hussain, Abid, Pasakhala, Binaya

“…South Asia is energy-poor, water-stressed, and food-deficient, and these problems are expected to intensify with high population growth, rapid economic growth…”
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Water colonialism and Indigenous water justice in south-eastern Australia by Hartwig, Lana D., Jackson, Sue, Markham, Francis, Osborne, Natalie

“…Political theorists argue that justice for cultural groups must account for socioeconomic distribution, political representation and cultural recognition…”
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Rent-seeking behaviour and regulatory capture in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia by Grafton, R. Quentin, Williams, John

“…We examine water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin using the frameworks of rent-seeking and regulatory capture. These frameworks are used to evaluate two…”
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Functionality of handpump water supplies: a review of data from sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region by Foster, Tim, Furey, Sean, Banks, Brian, Willetts, Juliet

“…Handpumps are heavily relied upon for drinking water in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries, but their operation and maintenance remain…”
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A system dynamics simulation model for water conflicts in the Zhanghe River Basin, China by Yuan, Liang, He, Weijun, Degefu, Dagmawi Mulugeta, Wan, Zhongchi, Ramsey, Thomas Stephen, Wu, Xia

“…This article presents a model that simulates the dynamics of water demand, water supply and the instability of water allocation schemes at the national river…”
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Governance of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study by Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J., Keessen, Andrea M.

“…In 2015, China's national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of…”
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Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus by Nepal, Santosh, Neupane, Nilhari, Belbase, Devesh, Pandey, Vishnu Prasad, Mukherji, Aditi

“…This article investigates water security in Nepal from the perspective of the water-energy-agriculture (food) nexus, focusing on pathways to water security…”
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From IWRM back to integrated water resources management by Giordano, Mark, Shah, Tushaar

“…Integrated water resources management provides a set of ideas to help us manage water more holistically. However, these ideas have been formalized over time in…”
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Economically challenged and water scarce: identification of global populations most vulnerable to water crises by Oki, Taikan, Quiocho, Rose E.

“…The best available high-resolution precipitation, GDP, available freshwater and withdrawal data sets are used in a combined global analysis of physical and…”
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Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa by Bjornlund, Vibeke, Bjornlund, Henning, van Rooyen, André F.

“…This article explores the factors causing the current poor performance of most government irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa. The literature review finds…”
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Using two-eyed seeing to bridge Western science and Indigenous knowledge systems and understand long-term change in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Canada by Abu, Razak, Reed, Maureen G., Jardine, Timothy D.

“…Although researchers now recognize that Indigenous knowledge can strengthen environmental planning and assessment, little research has empirically demonstrated…”
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