Water Supply and Water Scarcity

• Autore: Tzanakakis Vasileios
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Environmental economics; Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: Aculeo Lagoon; alternative water source; alternative water supply; arid and semi-arid areas; Aztecs; bronze age; Byzantine times; Chile; Chinese dynasties; circular economy; climate change; climate variability; conservation; conventional farming; desalination; dissolved oxygen; dividing flow manifold; drought; early warning; ecological water demand; economic feasibility; Egyptians; end-uses; expenditures; general circulation model; GIS; Harappans; Hellenic civilizations; hydraulics; hydrologic modeling; Incas; intermittent water supply; investments; irrigation practices; long-term; Mayas; medieval times; Mesopotamia; MIKE 11 model; Minoans; modeling; modern times; multi-storey residential building; n/a; nitrate; organic farming; Ottoman times; PHABSIM model; pipe breaks; pressure monitoring; projects; rain harvesting; rainwater harvesting; rainwater harvesting system; RCP; regional water supply planning; remote sensing; reservoir ecological operation; residual sodium carbonate; Romans; routine monitoring; satisfaction survey; showerheads; sodium adsorption ratio; soil water; sprays; stream flow changes; sustainability; total dissolved solids; unreliable water supply; water budget; water demands; water distribution system; water management; water quality; water resources management; water reuse; water scarcity; water scarcity regime; water supply; water system operation; water use efficiency; watershed management
• Persona (resp. second.): ParanychianakisNikos; AngelakisAndreas; TzanakakisVasileios
• Sommario/riassunto: This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.
• Titolo autorizzato: Water Supply and Water Scarcity
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557780403321
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