AN INTEGRATED APPROACH IN DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF MIRROR RTH AND GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTER (GISC) AT, PUNE

WMO Information System (WIS)/Global Information System Center (GISC) and Mirror of Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) is basically a metadata catalogue web service and allows Data communication, synchronization of metadata with other Data Collection or Production Center (DCPC), GISCs or National Centers (NC’s) based on protocol OAI-PMH. Such catalogue is quite useful for rapidly integrating real-time and non- real- time data sets for better interpretation of weather systems by the forecaster (Singh et al., 2017).

Assessing SDG indicator 6.4.2 “level of water stress” at major basins level

This paper describes a method to disaggregate the indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by major river basin. The analysis was performed using the GlobWat soil water balance model and global geospatial data consistent with national statistics published in AQUASTAT, the FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture. When a river basin spans across more than one country, the water stress calculated by country can be very different from that calculated by river basin since the counting of the renewable freshwater resources from one country to another is highly dependent on the official agreement and treaties that regulate the flow of those resources between countries. This problem is hydrologically solved once the accounting of the water resources is done on the major river basin as a whole. The disaggregation by river basin allows the identification of hotspots where actions should be prioritized and reveals that the area affected by a high or critical water stress spans across all continents with the exception of Oceania. It offers also the possibility of an analysis of freshwater withdrawals by sector, which may become crucial for the definition of water management policies in the context of the economic development of a country.

Assessing SDG indicator 6.4.2 “level of water stress” at major basins level

This paper describes a method to disaggregate the indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by major river basin. The analysis was performed using the GlobWat soil water balance model and global geospatial data consistent with national statistics published in AQUASTAT, the FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture. When a river basin spans across more than one country, the water stress calculated by country can be very different from that calculated by river basin since the counting of the renewable freshwater resources from one country to another is highly dependent on the official agreement and treaties that regulate the flow of those resources between countries. This problem is hydrologically solved once the accounting of the water resources is done on the major river basin as a whole. The disaggregation by river basin allows the identification of hotspots where actions should be prioritized and reveals that the area affected by a high or critical water stress spans across all continents with the exception of Oceania. It offers also the possibility of an analysis of freshwater withdrawals by sector, which may become crucial for the definition of water management policies in the context of the economic development of a country.

KHILCHEVSKYI V.K. CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER RESOURCES OF UKRAINE BASED ON THE DATABASE OF THE GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FAO AQUASTAT

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) has the most advanced information on water resources in all countries of the world, since the share of the agriculture sector in world water use is 70%. It operates the FAO Global Information System on Water and Agriculture (abbreviated as FAO Aquastat). The data contained in this database comes from the relevant government bodies of the countries of the world (reports, publications, official websites), from information bases of other UN agencies or international organizations (UN WHO – World Health Organization; UN FPA – United Nations Population Fund; ICOLD – International Commission on Large Dams) or obtained by modeling. The Water Resources section of the FAO global information system contains about 40 indicators. The database is filled with the average values of indicators for the segments of years: 1988-1992; 1993-1997; 1998-2002; 2003-2007; 20008-2012; 2013-2017. The assessment of water resources carried out in the article based on the database of the global information system FAO Aquastat (1988-2017). showed the following results in Ukraine: internal river flow – 50.1 km3; inflow from adjacent territories – 120.2 km3; total river runoff – 170.3 km3; available groundwater reserves – 5 km3; internal renewable water resources – 55.1 km3; total renewable water resources – 175.3 km3. In terms of total renewable water resources per person (3964 m3/person/year) among 50 European countries as of 2017, Ukraine ranked 27th. In terms of internal renewable water resources per person (1246 m3/person/year), Ukraine ranked 37th in Europe. In terms of total renewable water resources (175.3 km3), Ukraine ranked 6th in Europe. In terms of the volume of internal renewable water resources (55.1 km3), Ukraine ranked 14th. Ukraine has a high coefficient of external dependence of water resources (Кз = 66.8%), which characterizes the share of total renewable water resources formed outside the country in adjacent territories – 9th place in Europe. The data on the components of water resources in Ukraine, which are given in FAO Aquastat, differ from the data published in Ukrainian sources. It is necessary to pay special attention to this methodological problem in the scientific and expert environment, as well as among officials in our country – the State Agency for Water Resources of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine. Indeed, with the course towards European integration, there can be no difference in information for internal and external use.

TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF STATES: CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM

The review presents the debatable positions of scientists on the international regulation of the process of creating a global information system. The processes of strengthening the sovereignty and expanding the jurisdiction of States in relation to the information space and its infrastructures are described.

Assessing SDG indicator 6.4.2 ‘level of water stress’ at major basins level

This paper describes a method to disaggregate indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by major river basins. The analysis was performed using the GlobWat soil water balance model and global geospatial data consistent with national statistics published in AQUASTAT, the FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture. When a river basin spans across more than one country, the water stress calculated by country can be very different from that calculated by the river basin as the counting of the renewable freshwater resources from one country to another is highly dependent on the official agreement and treaties that regulate the flow of those resources between countries. This problem is solved hydrologically once the accounting of the water resources is done on the major river basin as a whole. The disaggregation by the river basin allows the identification of hotspots where actions should be prioritised and reveals that the area affected by a high or critical water stress spans across all continents with the exception of Oceania. It also offers the possibility of an analysis of freshwater withdrawals by sector, which may become crucial for the definition of water management policies in the context of the economic development of a country.

RUSSOPHONE – RUSSOPHONIC – RUSSOPHONY – RUSSOPHONIC LITERATURE – ARE THE WORDS GLOBAL OR LOCAL?

The article discusses the comprehension and description of the words Russophone, Russophone Fiction / Literature based on online dictionaries, which are represented by the computer network - Internet. By virtue of the creation of nodes of this network around the world, the global information system has made it possible to identify the actual description of these words in the dictionary entries of various electronic sources. The problematic field that covers the meaning of these words is very broad. In Russian studies, the words Russophone, Russophone Fiction / Literature are rarely used, but more often Russian-speaking, Russian-language literature. In the process of studying and analyzing dictionary entries with these words, the question of the potential possibility of using these words as terms for subsequent research was resolved. The possibility of defining the literature created by ethnically non-Russian authors in Russian as Russophone Fiction / Literature, the authors themselves – Russophone writers, and the literary process of creating Russophone literature – Literary Russophony seems logical and more accurate. The main method used in the process of working on the article is the analogy method.

The Dichotomy of Proliferating Information Technology in Globalization of Education: A Case Study

The Information Technology (IT) proliferation path cannot be separated from the role of American young entrepreneurs who generate revolutionary change in global information system. This modern existence, of course, leads to the socio-cultural phenomena encompassing dichotomous trends in many aspects of Indonesian daily lives, not to mention in education world. Scrutinizing the data obtained from a one-semester direct observation, structured interview, and questionnaire distribution to 586 students of 11 faculties at Universitas Brawijaya is used as the base of a case study. By employing qualitative method, therefore, the study aims to provide insights about the merits and demerits of the use of IT in globalization of education, which is commonly happening in Indonesia within the last decade. The result shows that the dependence of students as Indonesian digital citizen on the internet-based information tends to impact negatively on the basic values of education, such as influencing the students to be narrow-minded, self-centered, and preferring to gain instant results.