Essays about: "How water is precious"

Found 4 essays containing the words How water is precious.

  1. 1. The Water Wars : A Summer Game or Serious Business? A Qualitative Content Analysis of the Narratives Behind the Debate

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Johan Jansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Water Wars; Water Scarcity; Cooperation; Narrative Policy Analysis;

    Abstract : In the decade of the 1990’s, people started to foresee a dark future wherein wars over the precious resource water would be a reality. This was to be called the water wars thesis and implied that countries would go to war to safeguard their own access to water. This sparked a debate over the legitimacy of the thesis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Integrating climate forecast in humanitarian decision making: How to get from early warning to early action?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Reena Bajracharya; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Disaster risk management efforts currently focus on long-term preventive measures and post-disaster response. Outside of these, there are many short-term actions, such as evacuation or distribution of water purifications tablets, medical supplies or flood response drills, which can be implemented in the period of time between the warning and a potential disaster to reduce the risk of impacts. READ MORE

  4. 3. The vertical farm : varför har idén uppkommit och hur är den tänkt att fungera?

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Erik Fälth; [2011]
    Keywords : vertikal odling; jordbruk; matproduktion; urban odling; hydroponisk; vertical farm; farming; Despommier; klimatförändring; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : By immersion in the situation of the food production today and a historical study of how past development has led us to this point, one goal of this essay is to discuss whether the current way of farming can be applied in a sustainable future. Another objective of the essay is to study the vision Vertical farming as an alternative approach, and to focus on different aspects of this phenomenon in order to provide as comprehensive a picture as possible. READ MORE

  5. 4. The ethanol industry and its impact on land use and biodiversity : a case study of Saõ Paulo State in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Louise Svensson; [2011]
    Keywords : geography; physical geography; sugarcane; deforestation; Cerrado; expansion; habitats; geografi; naturgeografi; sockerrör; avskogning; habitat; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Under de senaste decennierna har det blivit allt tydligare att den omfattande användningen av fossila bränslen är dåligt för miljön. I och med att kunskapen om hur fossila bränslen påverkar miljön har ökat, så har också intresset för alternativa bränslen ökat. READ MORE