scholarly journals Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) project - Overview Brochure

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Assessment Activities

This brochure summarises activities and results of phase 1 (2013-2015) of the GGRETA project, in particular by presenting the picture emerging from the assessment activities of the 3 case studies (Stampriet Aquifer in Southern Africa, Trifinio Aquifer in Central America and Pretashkent Aquifer in Central Asia). Governance Groundwater Transboundary

scholarly journals Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) project - Overview Brochure

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Assessment Activities

This brochure summarises activities and results of phase 1 (2013-2015) of the GGRETA project, in particular by presenting the picture emerging from the assessment activities of the 3 case studies (Stampriet Aquifer in Southern Africa, Trifinio Aquifer in Central America and Pretashkent Aquifer in Central Asia). Governance Groundwater Transboundary

scholarly journals Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) - Phase 1 – 2013-2015- Main Achievements and Key Findings.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Assessment Activities

This brochure présents the main achievements and main results of phase 1 (2013-2015) of the GGRETA project, in particular by presenting a summary of the assessment activities of the 3 case studies (Stampriet Aquifer in Southern Africa, Trifinio Aquifer in Central America and Pretashkent Aquifer in Central Asia). Groundwater

scholarly journals Pretashkent Aquifer -Technical Report. Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) project - Phase 1.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers

This brochure présents the activities and results of the assessment of the Pretashkent Aquifer in Central Asia, undertaken during the phase 1 (2013-2015) of the GGRETA project Climate change Governance Groundwater Transboundary

scholarly journals Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System Assessment -Technical Report. Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) - Phase 1

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Transboundary Aquifer ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
System Assessment ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Assessment Activities

This report presents the activities and results of the assessment activities of the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa) undertaken during the Phase 1 (2013-2015) of the GGRETA project. Governance Groundwater Transboundary

scholarly journals Examining the Value of Global Seasonal Reference Evapotranspiration Forecasts to Support FEWS NET’s Food Insecurity Outlooks

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 2941-2949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shraddhanand Shukla ◽  
Daniel McEvoy ◽  
Mike Hobbins ◽  
Greg Husak ◽  
Justin Huntington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Reference Evapotranspiration ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Skill Evaluation

AbstractThe Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) team provides food insecurity outlooks for several developing countries in Africa, central Asia, and Central America. This study describes development of a new global reference evapotranspiration (ET0) seasonal reforecast and skill evaluation with a particular emphasis on the potential use of this dataset by FEWS NET to support food insecurity early warning. The ET0 reforecasts span the 1982–2009 period and are calculated following the American Society for Civil Engineers formulation of the Penman–Monteith method driven by seasonal climate forecasts of monthly mean temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction CFSv2 model and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration GEOS-5 model. The skill evaluation, using deterministic and probabilistic scores, focuses on the December–February (DJF), March–May (MAM), June–August (JJA), and September–November seasons. The results indicate that ET0 forecasts are a promising tool for early warning of drought and food insecurity. Globally, the regions where forecasts are most skillful (correlation > 0.35 at leads of 2 months) include the western United States, northern parts of South America, parts of the Sahel region, and southern Africa. The FEWS NET regions where forecasts are most skillful (correlation > 0.35 at lead 3) include northern sub-Saharan Africa (DJF; dry season), Central America (DJF; dry season), parts of East Africa (JJA; wet season), southern Africa (JJA; dry season), and central Asia (MAM; wet season). A case study over parts of East Africa for the JJA season shows that ET0 forecasts in combination with the precipitation forecasts would have provided early warning of recent severe drought events (e.g., in 2002, 2004, 2009) that contributed to substantial food insecurity in the region.

scholarly journals Sustainable Use of Groundwater Resources in the Transboundary Aquifers of the Five Central Asian Countries: Challenges and Perspectives

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2101
Author(s):  
Yu Liu ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Hongwei Ruan ◽  
Tianye Wang ◽  
Jingjie Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Water Abstraction ◽  
Surface Water Resources ◽  
The Status ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers

Groundwater is critical for supporting socioeconomic development but has experienced gradual decreases in recent decades due to rapid population growth and economic development throughout the world. In recent years, the utilization of transboundary groundwater resources has received extensive attention globally. Because transboundary aquifers do not follow borders and are concealed, neighboring countries are prone to experiencing conflicts over the use of these transboundary groundwater resources. Therefore, an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the development potential of groundwater resources in these transboundary aquifers is necessary for the rational and fair use of those groundwater resources. Transboundary groundwater resources are an important water source for life, production, and ecological water use in Central Asia, which has a distinctive continental arid and semi-arid climate, and surface water resources in this region are relatively scarce. Considering the existing problems related to the utilization of groundwater resources in the transboundary aquifers in this region, we propose developing strategies for on-demand water abstraction, enhancing the ecological protection of transboundary aquifers, and strengthening international cooperation. This paper summarizes the distribution of 34 transboundary aquifers in Central Asia and analyzes the status and potential of groundwater resource uses in these transboundary aquifers.

A Social Sonic Paradigm

2021 ◽  
pp. 540-554
Author(s):  
Tegan Bristow ◽  
João Orecchia Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Intellectual Engagement ◽  
The Third ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

This chapter presents an examination of why—in contemporary Africa, with Southern Africa as the primary focus—there are very few artists working with sound in a manner that fits the paradigm of sound art as it is known in Euro-America. Emphasis is not placed on a lack of intellectual engagement, which is significant in the Euro-American definition of sound art. What is presented does not aim to deviate from this, but rather acts to affirm an engagement with alternative forms of knowledge and mechanisms of sound found in the South. Three areas are explored; these however are interlinked and do not stand alone. The first is an understanding of the practice of interdisciplinarity as political engagement. The second explores the role of community and communal interaction with sound and how this is fundamental to form in the region. The third extends this by showing how the histories of knowledge and power are fundamental to these explorations in the region, emphasizing how contemporary explorations of sound are used to both contain and shift these histories. The chapter takes shape with the use of case studies and draws on interviews conducted by the authors.

Pilot Study of Methods to Support Stakeholder Prioritization of Transboundary Aquifers for Investigation along the US-Mexico Border

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Callegary ◽  
Anne-Marie Matherne ◽  
Sandra Owen-Joyce ◽  
Elia Tapia Villaseñor ◽  
Amy Rosebrough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Modeling ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Aquifer Vulnerability ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Border States ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers ◽  
Us Mexico Border

<p>Four US and six Mexican border states share significant interconnections in terms of trade, jobs, energy production, manufacturing, and natural resources such as water. The border states have a mutual interest in characterizing groundwater resources shared between the US and Mexico, a task made difficult by scarcity of information. To address this challenge, a number of US and Mexican federal agencies and universities via the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP) have come together to jointly study the shared groundwater resources of the border region, and to develop the information needed by cities, states, industries and local communities to support decision making and land management.</p><p>Investigations of four binational aquifers selected in the first phase of TAAP are in progress. Carrying out these investigations has created a cohesive binational multi-institutional team of social and physical scientists and established relationships with a broad network of stakeholders. Completed products relevant to the present work include: (1) analysis of the availability and integration potential of binational data sets, (2) aquifer assessments including a review of US-Mexico aquifer classifications (3) development of water-balance models, (4) analysis of aquifer vulnerability to contamination, and (5) a set of protocols and agreements that address the specific physical, legal, cultural, and institutional setting of the US-Mexico border.</p><p>Additional aquifers along the border (estimates of the total range from of 8 to 38) could be investigated, but there are questions as to how to define them, which to choose, and what types of studies are needed. To help answer these questions, we developed a pilot project to investigate and develop methods and tools to assist decision makers and land managers in prioritizing additional aquifers for investigation along the US-Mexico border. First is an approach for rapid assessment of additional aquifers using existing data, published literature, and simple analytical tools including conceptual hydrogeologic model development and precipitation-groundwater lag-correlation analysis. Second, a groundwater modeling platform was developed for use by stakeholders for both learning and planning. Third, in preparation for stakeholder ranking of aquifers for investigation, we conducted a review of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) as applied to coupled human-natural resource systems and a review of real-world examples of aquifer prioritization schemes used by governmental entities. Finally, an assessment of uncertainty with respect to knowledge about and trajectory of the coupled human-biophysical system was carried out to aid in stakeholder discussions of prioritization criteria and weighting schemes. These results and tools can be used to support prioritization of any set of aquifers. However, some are specifically designed to address transboundary aquifers and will be used to inform binational discussions regarding prioritization of future aquifer investigations along the US-Mexico border.</p>

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