Allocation ; Management ; New Zealand ; Water ; Water economics ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources ; Water use
Allocation ; Eau ; Economie de l'eau ; Gestion ; Gestion de l'eau ; Nouvelle-Zélande ; Ressource en eau ; Utilisation de l'eau
Implementing the resourcemanagement act compels those responsible for managing the allocation and end-use of waterresources to address several conceptual issues. They include the expansion of the range of relevant management values, regionalism
Overview of water from the Himalayan mountain system with discussion of its variability, the growth of pressure on waterresources, the phenomena of floods and droughts, storage and diversion of its streams, dams, and the institutional framework
Institutional change in local watermanagement: cases from Balochistan
Legislation ; Management ; Pakistan ; Resourcemanagement ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Water use
Balochistān ; Eau ; Gestion ; Gestion de l'eau ; Gestion des ressources ; Législation ; Pakistan ; Utilisation de l'eau
The aim of this study was to explore mechanism of institutional change and stagnation in local waterresourcemanagement in Balochistan. It particularly wants to contribute to questions of how institutional change relates to sustainable
and efficient resource utilization: how indigenous change takes place and whether and how external interventions in the field of the definition of resource rights or support to user organizations, can strengthen local resourcemanagement. -(AGD)
Fishing ; Forest ; Legislation ; Natural resources ; Resourcemanagement ; South Africa ; Sustainable development ; Water
Afrique du Sud ; Développement durable ; Eau ; Forêt ; Gestion des ressources ; Législation ; Pêche ; Ressource naturelle
The rapid evolution of environmental planning and sustainability in South Africa is catching up with resourcemanagement in the renewable sectors, namely water, soil, forests and fisheries. The National Water Act is taken as an example
Agriculture ; China ; Groundwater ; Irrigation ; Northern China ; Water ; Water budget ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Agriculture ; Bilan hydrique ; Chine ; Chine du Nord ; Eau ; Eau souterraine ; Gestion de l'eau ; Irrigation ; Ressource en eau
Based on the analyses of water interactions and water balance, this paper discusses the issues on the assessment and regulation of soil waterresources, which lays the scientific basis for limited irrigation and water-saving agriculture.
The shortage of waterresources in the Northern territory of China and its mitigative countermeasures
China ; Conflict ; Environment ; Northern China ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Water needs ; Waterresources ; Water use
Besoin en eau ; Chine ; Chine du Nord ; Conflit ; Eau ; Environnement ; Gestion de l'eau ; Ressource en eau ; Utilisation de l'eau
resourcesmanagement and reallocating waterresources between different regions.
The shortage of waterresource and large scale exploitation of groundwater have caused a series of environmental problems. The aims of mitigative countermeasures are mainly at developing water saving agriculture and industries, strenghtening water
A geographical information system to managewaterresources and fishing fauna
Fishing ; Geographical information system ; Italy ; Mountain ; Northern Italy ; Resourcemanagement ; Water ; Waterresources ; Watershed
Bassin-versant ; Eau ; Gestion des ressources ; Italie ; Italie du Nord ; Montagne ; Pêche ; Ressource en eau ; Système d'information géographique
This paper describes the main characteristics of a gaographical information system designed and implemented to manage hydrographic and fishing resources in a mountain region. A case study, for the But stream basin (located in the North Eastern Italy
), is also described. This GIS, developed with the help of Regional Fishery Agency, gives a new way to manage and resolve problems and underlines how the management of hydrographic and fishing resources can be improved using inovative computerised tools
Geography's covert operation in waterresourcemanagement
Applied geography ; California ; Man-environment relations ; Practice of geography ; Resourcemanagement ; United States of America ; Water ; Watermanagement
California ; Eau ; Etats-Unis ; Gestion de l'eau ; Gestion des ressources ; Géographie appliquée ; Pratique de la géographie ; Relation homme-environnement
Paper begins with a good review of the many ways that water is essential to humans. A. then reviews a survey she conducted of geography students and recent graduates at San Francisco State who are employed in waterresourcemanagement. She discusses
The paper examines the distribution of water and the location of physical and political boundaries in Central Asia, identifies indicators of the susceptibility of its various regions to resource and water-related conflict, and then applies those
indicators to discover the potential for future water-based resource conflict. Water quality and regional social unrest as a consequence of migration from regions of environmental deterioration are examined.
Hydrological processes and waterresources in the face of global climate change
Climatic variation ; Decision aid ; Drought ; Forecast ; Global change ; Natural hazards ; Uncertainty ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Aide à la décision ; Changement global ; Eau ; Gestion de l'eau ; Prévision ; Ressource en eau ; Risque naturel ; Situation d'incertitude ; Sécheresse ; Variation climatique
Watermanagement is choice in face of bounded uncertainty. This papre presents some theories, as well as 3 principles of uncertainty, namely : of the minimum and maximum of uncertainty and of its immutability. Examples are cited of the undesirable
consequences of a failure to heed these principles. Methods of rational decisionmaking in conditions of uncertainty are presented, while methodological considerations are supported by examples of applications in watermanagement.
Waterresources in Botswana with particular reference to the Savanna regions
Botswana ; Dry farming ; Natural resources ; Savanna ; Sustainable development ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Botswana ; Culture sèche ; Développement durable ; Eau ; Gestion de l'eau ; Ressource en eau ; Ressource naturelle ; Savane
planning, focusing on both the short an long-term effects of water use, is needed in watermanagement strategies. - (AJC)
Production and development in the savanna regions are primarily determined by interactions between the limitations imposed by ecological determinants (such as rainfall and soil quality) and the management strategies of the specific region. Good
Asia ; Conflict ; Euphrates ; Jordan ; Middle East ; Nile ; Political geography ; Water ; Water economics ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Asie ; Conflit ; Eau ; Economie de l'eau ; Euphrate ; Gestion de l'eau ; Géographie politique ; Jordanie ; Moyen-Orient ; Nil ; Ressource en eau
Analysis of the waterresource conflicts in the three major international river basins of the Middle East: the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Jordan-Yarmuk. - (DWG)
Gestion des ressources en eau au cours des périodes soviétique et post-soviétique. Défis pour l'évaluation de la ressource en eau en Russie. Planification des ressources en eau à St. Pétersbourg.
Ecological systems of watermanagement in rural areas
Agriculture ; Drainage network ; Field experiment ; Poland ; River basin ; Rural area ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Agriculture ; Bassin fluvial ; Espace rural ; Expérimentation de terrain ; Gestion de l'eau ; Pologne ; Ressource en eau ; Réseau de drainage
management in rural areas can help enlarge waterresources and minimize the negative effect of agriculture on natural flora and fauna. Field studies and approximate calculations showed that treatments, consisting in the increase of swampy areas, number
Poland has poor waterresources. Moreover, they are unevenly distributed in space and time. Some types of human activity diminished waterresources and increased the frequency of extreme phenomena such as floods and draughts. Suitable water
of water pools and small water reservoirs, elevating water level in eroded rivers and canals, improvement of the soil structure, regulation of outflows from the drainage systems, etc. can significantly enlarge waterresources in river basins. - (BJ)
Vodohospodarsky pasivni oblasti. (Passive waterresources areas)
Eau ; Economie de l'eau ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Ressource ; Ressource en eau ; Régionalisation ; Tchécoslovaquie
Article deals with classification of water regions of Czechoslovakia and watermanagement problems. The possible ways of their evaluation are presented. (MS).
The waterresources in the Euphrates river and the Tigris river valleys and political relation between countries concerned
Asia ; Geopolitics ; Iraq ; Middle East ; Political geography ; Runoff ; Syria ; Turkey ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources
Asie ; Eau ; Ecoulement ; Gestion de l'eau ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Iraq ; Moyen-Orient ; Ressource en eau ; Syrie ; Turquie
There is a view that owing to the scarcity of the waterresources and rapid increase in population in the Middle East and existing of large rivers, the contradictions over the waterresources have become increasingly sharp among the countries
concerned, and a war for water will soon break out in the region. The AA. put forward a different view, believing that no war for controlling the waterresources will take place in the region.
Bulgaria ; Consumption ; Demand ; Water ; Water economics ; Watermanagement ; Water use
Existing waterresources can become inadequate if water losses are too important and if there is an irrational use of water. Water conservation could solve some water supply problems by providing more reasonable water consumption and additional time
for development of new resources. The possibilities for reducing water use and the need for developing a national conservation program are discussed. An analysis of the variables which affect water use is performed. Developing of water-use efficiency standards
for plumbing fixtures and conservation-oriented water rates and measures are proposed.
Poland's waterresources in the face of climatic change
Hydrological processes and waterresources in the face of global climate change
Climatic variation ; Flood ; Global change ; Hydrology ; Meltwater ; Model ; Poland ; Water balance ; Waterresources
Bilan hydrologique ; Changement global ; Crue ; Eau de fonte ; Hydrologie ; Modèle ; Pologne ; Ressource en eau ; Variation climatique
The issue of the influence of climatic change on watermanagement is a source of controversy. Changes in Poland's waterresources calculated with the aid of the CLIRUN-3 model differ in relation to the given climate scenario in terms of both
magnitude and direction. There is thus a need for revision of the practice of planning future management on the basis of historical data, without appropriate consideration of the non-stationarity of the natural processes.
Issues in managingwaterressources in semiarid regions
Arid area ; Industrialization ; Irrigation ; Semi-arid area ; Urbanization ; Water ; Watermanagement ; Waterresources ; World
Domaine aride ; Domaine semi-aride ; Eau ; Gestion de l'eau ; Industrialisation ; Irrigation ; Monde ; Ressource en eau ; Urbanisation
Waterressources in many arid and semiarid regions are being overexploited and some important groundwater aquifers are nearing economic exhaustion. Many regions are also experiencing conflict over the reallocation of limited supplies, particularly