Water Supply and Scarcity
According to the United Nations, water scarcity is defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water. Water scarcity is a relative concept and can occur at any level of supply or demand. Scarcity may be socially-constructed or the consequence of altered supply patterns stemming from climate change. Resources available in this sub-theme include U.S. drought monitoring data, workshops for rural water supply systems, among other resources that support water supply and scarcity.
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Water Supply and Scarcity Resources
Solutions for a Water-Scarce Future
Published:
October 22, 2013Xylem, Inc.
Of the many challenges facing cities around the world, water scarcity is one of the most pervasive. Municipal authorities are well aware of the highly visible dangers of floods, mudslides, tsunamis, and storm surges that have captured headlines around the world. But just as dangerous to the future...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaCoping with Intermittent Water Supply: Problems and Prospects -- Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, India
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October 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the methodology and results of a water use survey and presents a prefeasibility study of options for improving water quality. The study was based on a random sample of 1,100 households in Dehra Dun in Uttar Pradesh, India, for the purpose of estimating the real costs of an...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaWater Production Functions as Related to Time and Amount of Irrigation and Rain
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May 29, 1990U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
The workshop had the following objectives: 1. Consider the basic processes that determine crop water use and soil water balance characteristics. 2. Discuss the theoretical and experimental methods for evaluation of evapotranspiration (soil evaporation and transpiration). 3. Consider the effect...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaCircle of Blue - Choke Point India (Wilson Center)
Skoll Global Threats FundU.S. Agency for International Development
Global Choke Point is a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, and explores the peril and promise of water, food, and energy, through frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise.Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaConnecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination
Published:
January 1, 2013Henry L. Stimson Center
To help build mutual awareness and understanding between India and Pakistan of the common water
resource challenges they confront in the Indus Basin, the Stimson Center, the Sustainable Development
Policy Institute (SDPI), and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) partnered to assemble an...Read more
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IndiaPakistanTroubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources
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January 1, 2009Henry L. Stimson Center
Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources examines the environmental dangers and policy dilemmas confronting the sustainable management of shared water resources in a warming world. It present analyses by regional experts as well as by Stimson staff. The content of...Read more
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