scholarly journals Intensification of water management during climate change

2021 ◽  
Vol 900 (1) ◽  
pp. 012029
Author(s):  
F Ondrasik ◽  
S Krocova ◽  
A Thomitzek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Raw Water ◽  
Current Management ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

Abstract The current management of the world’s fresh water resources is not optimal. Due to the uneven distribution of water, many parts of the world are entering a passive water management balance due to climate change and the growth of the human population. The Czech Republic is one of the countries with a passive balance. With ongoing climate change, it will be difficult in many regions to maintain sufficient raw water for technological and technical purposes without intensification in the water management process. Scientific progress and current technical possibilities offer ways to increase the way water is treated and the possibilities of re-using the realized water in the area of its use for various purposes, from the water source to the final cycle. One of these possibilities and the way of intensive use of water is dealt with in the following article.

The Verisimilitudinarian approach to ‘the Truth’

Perspectives ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Andrea Roselli
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
The World ◽  
Epistemic Notion ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe Verisimilitudinarian approach to scientific progress (VS, for short) is traditionally considered a realist-correspondist model to explain the proximity of our best scientific theories to the way things really are in the world out there (ʻthe Truthʻ, with the capital ʻtʻ). However, VS is based on notions, such as ʻestimated verisimilitudeʻ or ʻapproximate truthʻ, that dilute the model in a functionalist-like theory. My thesis, then, is that VS tries to incorporate notions, such as ʻprogressʻ, in a pre-constituted metaphysical conception of the world, but fails in providing a fitting framework. The main argument that I will develop to support this claim is that the notions that they use to explain scientific progress (ʻestimated verisimilitudeʻ or ʻapproximate truthʻ) have nothing to do with ʻthe Truthʻ. After presenting Cevolani and Tamboloʻs answer (2013) to Birdʻs arguments (2007), I will claim that VS sacrifices the realist-correspondist truth in favor of an epistemic notion of truth, which can obviously be compatible with certain kinds of realism but not with the one the authors have in mind (the correspondence between our theories and the way things really are).

Water Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 387-400
Author(s):  
Rajan Janardhanan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Water Sources ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
The World

The world faces an unprecedented crisis in water resources management, with profound implications for global food security, protection of human health, and maintenance of all ecosystems on Earth. Large uncertainties still plague quantitative assessments of climate change impacts and water resource management, but what is known for certain is that the climate is changing and that it will have an effect on water resources. Therefore, increased efforts will be needed to plan and manage water supplies in the future through increased monitoring and understanding of the interrelationships between population size, climate change, and water availability. The focus of water management is gradually shifting from developing new water sources to using existing water sources more effectively and efficiently. The world needs policy change in water management. Respect for water resources and their value is the starting point of deliberations. Governments have the essential water management function: to protect and allocate water resources to allow both individual and collective interests to benefit from water. Societies must also lead in understanding, provisioning for mitigating the impact of disasters, ranging from extreme droughts to unprecedented floods, caused by climate change and poor management of water and land. Public funds will likely remain the main source of water sectoral funding. It is up to governments to invest wisely to enhance the crucial role that water has for social and economic development in a country. Integrated water resource management strategy is accepted as a global model for achieving the objective of a sustainable water management system.

scholarly journals Climate change, fires and their impact on safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 900 (1) ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
Z Heinzová ◽  
K Kubrická ◽  
M Podkul ◽  
J Pokorný
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Escape Route ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The World

Abstract Our planet is warming due to climate change. Along with this, the incidence of fires is increasing. Fires negatively affect the environment. Fire prevention is one of the safety priorities in the Czech Republic and in the world. One aspect of safety is the evacuation of people, animals and potentially property. The paper will present a case study of escape route ventilation.

scholarly journals Drought assessment and prediction for Gidra river, Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1209 (1) ◽  
pp. 012074
Author(s):  
L Čubanová ◽  
W Almikaeel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Hydrological Drought ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Drought Assessment ◽  
Drought Prediction ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
The World

Abstract Climate change is affecting every aspect of the world including water resources and water scarcity. Drought is one of many big problems associated with climate change that could occur all over the world. Moreover, hydrological drought is one form of drought that relates to decreased river discharges, below-normal groundwater level, declining the area of wetlands and low water level in lakes or reservoirs. In this study, an assessment of hydrological drought in Gidra river is conducted to characterize dry and normal hydrological years according to Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI) Methodology. Furthermore, making benefit of machine learning and artificial intelligence in this field is applicable now, as data of many types are being recorded every day. Deploying machine learning algorithms for the purpose of drought prediction is one way to regulate many operations of water management to prevent irrigation problems. By catching patterns through historical data and deploying machines to learn from those patterns, it is possible to use the values of daily average discharges for January, February, March, and April to correctly predict the hydrological situation in Gidra river whether it is dry or normal, knowing that normal situation refers to wet or normal hydrologically assessed years as the optimal goal in this study is drought assessment and prediction of Gidra river.

The water sensitive city: principles for practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. F. Wong ◽  
R. R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Major Overhaul ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Sustainable Urban Water Management ◽  
The World ◽  
System Resilience

With the widespread realisation of the significance of climate change, urban communities are increasingly seeking to ensure resilience to future uncertainties in urban water supplies, yet change seems slow with many cities facing ongoing investment in the conventional approach. This is because transforming cities to more sustainable urban water cities, or to Water Sensitive Cities, requires a major overhaul of the hydro-social contract that underpins conventional approaches. This paper provides an overview of the emerging research and practice focused on system resilience and principles of sustainable urban water management Three key pillars that need to underpin the development and practice of a Water Sensitive City are proposed: (i) access to a diversity of water sources underpinned by a diversity of centralised and decentralised infrastructure; (ii) provision of ecosystem services for the built and natural environment; and (iii) socio-political capital for sustainability and water sensitive behaviours. While there is not one example in the world of a Water Sensitive City, there are cities that lead on distinct and varying attributes of the water sensitive approach and examples from Australia and Singapore are presented.

scholarly journals Fungi in the Revitalization of Post-industrial Areas

No Limits ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Maria Sztuka ◽  
Franco Magurno
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Post Industrial

Climate change has become a fact, and its effects are felt by people around the globe. Particularly dangerous are prolonged droughts, since they not only have a negative effect on the development of plants, but also become the cause of many dangerous diseases. The intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides or melioration as a support for agricultural production turned out to be highly harmful to the soil, and in many places led to its degradation. Much of the world is struggling with a lack of proper hydration, and desertification is beginning to threaten all continents. The research results of interdisciplinary scientific teams focused on counteracting environmental devastation and restoring vital biodiversity are not only diligently followed, but also applied as quickly as possible.

scholarly journals „From window cleaner to cardinal”: The story of an extraordinary media image

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 15-36
Author(s):  
Renata Rusin Dybalska
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Media Image ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Main Protagonist ◽  
The Way

The aim of this study is to present the story behind the media image recounting the final months in the life of the former primate of the Czech Republic, cardinal Miloslav Vlk. The analyses presented in this study are grounded in a corpus of texts consisting of 63 press articles published by Czech national dailies between 23 January and 26 March 2017. The image recreated on their basis has become extraordinary not only due to the fact of its very existence within the perception of the world promoted by Czech media, but also because of the way it was constructed and presented to the audience. One must not underestimate the role of the main protagonist of the analyzed image, who became one of its authors himself.  

Global environmental change I: Climate resilient peace?

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 927-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

This report uses a critique of the ontology of research on climate change and armed conflict to advance a positive and performative account of the ways in which peace could be sustained and expanded through a changing climate. Focussing on research into the relationships between climate change and armed conflict and peace, it argues that recent debates about the effect of climate change on conflagrations stem from deeper assumptions about the way the world is and can be known. The report then builds an alternative framing of peace as a phenomenon that is resilient to climate change by layering knowledge about the conditions under which peace prevails through environmental change with that on environmental peace-building and on the intersections between resilience and security.

scholarly journals Vaccines in support of globalisation: the current status of coronavirus and future implementation challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Pavlakis
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
World Order ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Emerging Viruses ◽  
Global Village ◽  
The World

Abstract The key aspects to be discussed by this panelist are the role of vaccines in the support of globalization and the life style of global village, and the current status of coronavirus vaccines and future challenges of implementation. The present pandemic made obvious to the general public the central role of vaccines in the support of modern lifestyle. It also revealed the possibility (or near certainty) of totally new pandemics, for which the world had ample warnings, with AIDS, Ebola, Zika, Lassa, Hendra, SARS, MERS, and many other emerging viruses threatening the world order. We entered a new era of pandemics as the last areas of the planet become members of the global village and due to climate change. Therefore, the world will go through a period of new threats that become more intense due several factors. These include the climate change, the dense co-habitation of large number of humans and their food, the rapid, cheap and universal travel, and the public health rules and traditions. Vaccines and immunotherapies are among the best and most cost-effective ways to address new and established epidemic threats. Work on a safe and effective coronavirus vaccines progresses with unprecedented speed and substantial resources. Vaccines may be available in a year, and this time could be shortened if emergency approval of a safe but not fully tested vaccine is allowed. Production ability is expected to address the challenge of high demand, but the worrisome signals are that, even under the conditions of a spreading epidemic, a sector of the population is not convinced about the remedies, whether they are public health measures, or preventive vaccines. Addressing the reasons for the denial of scientific method and conclusions is a major priority for everybody involved in the fight of this and other epidemics. Scientific progress and implementation of the results is the only way forward.

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