Farmers Perception and Salinity Driven Fresh Water Scarcity in Coastal Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Md. Arman Habib ◽  
M. Tauhid Ur Rahman ◽  
Jannatul Ferdous ◽  
Md. Maruful Hoque ◽  
Md. Rasheduzzaman
Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wu ◽  
Baona Ren ◽  
Haohong Pi ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Miaomiao Hu ◽  
...  

Fresh water scarcity becomes a crisis to human survival and development. Atmospheric water capture with remarkable advantages such as energy-independence, low-cost, etc., has been supposed as a promising way to...


2017 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 68-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tauhid Ur Rahman ◽  
Md. Rasheduzzaman ◽  
Md Arman Habib ◽  
Afzal Ahmed ◽  
Syed Mohammed Tareq ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Peter H. Gleick ◽  
Heather Cooley

The availability and use of fresh water are critical for human health and for economic and ecosystem stability. But the growing mismatch between human demands and natural freshwater availability is contributing to water scarcity, affecting industrial and agricultural production and a wide range of social, economic, and political problems, including poverty, deterioration of ecosystem health, and violent conflicts. Understanding and addressing different forms of water scarcity are vital for moving toward more sustainable management and use of fresh water. We provide here a review of concepts and definitions of water scarcity, metrics and indicators used to evaluate scarcity together with strategies for addressing and reducing the adverse consequences of water scarcity, including the development of alternative sources of water, improvements in water-use efficiency, and changes in systems of water management and planning. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 46 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2016-2034
Author(s):  
Robin Peeters ◽  
Hannah Vanderschaeghe ◽  
Jan Rongé ◽  
Johan A. Martens

Solving the water scarcity problem by enhancing water extraction from air technology.


2021 ◽  
pp. 258-322
Author(s):  
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

The resolution of disputes related to issues of fresh water scarcity, degradation, and access to water are evident in practice. There is a staggering diversity of institutions with judicial or quasi-judicial authority over these matters, as well as diplomatic means which can help settle these various disputes. A trend towards variation and multiplication of available mechanisms for resolving water-related disputes can be observed. As a consequence of both inter-state and mixed-party disputes concerning water, international courts and tribunals have amassed growing bodies of decisions in water law, and their reliance on the case law of other jurisdictions suggests an evolving harmonization in this field. This cross-fertilization among traditional dispute settlement bodies has progressed concurrently with the development of novel procedures tailored to the uniquely collective interests at stake in natural resource disputes.


Author(s):  
Adriene Jenik

Drylab2023, an experiment in “immersive learning,” was conducted from May 13-June 11, 2017. Eight participants lived for 30 days in a remote desert outpost limited to 4 gallons of water per person per day to meet all water needs (drinking, cooking, washing, hygiene, etc) while subsisting on a water-wise diet. Participants were charged to live within a “near future scenario” of water scarcity (2023); modelling how to manage a limited vital resource: fresh water. During the experiment, narrative progress could be tracked as it unfolded through online posts at drylab2023.net. This article argues that: 1) speculative performance is a powerful form of knowledge creation that can prefigure and manifest alternate ways of living with climate change; 2) the participants, scenario, environmental stage, and audience collaboratively produced the performance; 3) through performance – an embodied form of knowledge – the participants came to understand what it means to live water-wise; and 4) the use of the speculative (the narrative frame of 2023) allowed participants to reflect on the past and present as well as imagine the future.  


Author(s):  
Irene Sanz Alonso

     Dan Brown’s Inferno (2013) explores a controversial issue that is often forgotten in national policies and international debates despite its relevance for the world’s future: overpopulation. The effects of overpopulation in our environment can be seen in desertification, loss of diversity, or fresh water scarcity, and despite this, overpopulation remains a forgotten issue because of the difficulties of dealing with it at a large scale. Using Thomas Malthus’s theories on the growth of population, in Inferno Dan Brown proposes an uncomfortable situation that entails the creation of a virus. While in the film version the virus is never released and the heroes defeat the villains, the written version offers a different and more complex final that makes readers reflect on the possible ways of dealing with the problem of overpopulation. The aim of this article is to analyze some of the consequences of overpopulation regarding the environment, and to explore how the two versions of Inferno portray the topic. Resumen      Inferno (2013) de Dan Brown explora un tema importante que a menudo se obvia en las políticas nacionales y en los debates internacionales, a pesar de lo relevante que es para el futuro del mundo: la sobrepoblación. Los efectos de la sobrepoblación en nuestro entorno pueden percibirse en la desertificación, la pérdida de diversidad o la escasez de agua. A pesar de ello, la sobrepoblación continúa siendo un problema olvidado debido a las dificultades que entraña abordar el problema a gran escala. Usando las teorías de Thomas Malthus sobre el crecimiento de la población, en Inferno Dan Brown propone una situación incómoda que conlleva la creación de un virus. Mientras que en la versión cinematográfica nunca se libera el virus, y los héroes vencen a los villanos; la novela ofrece un final diferente y más complejo que hace reflexionar al lector sobre las posibles maneras de lidiar con el problema de la sobrepoblación. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar algunas de las consecuencias de la sobrepoblación en lo que al medio ambiente se refiere, y explorar cómo las dos versiones de Inferno representan el tema. 


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