Essays about: "Freshwater resources"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 essays containing the words Freshwater resources.

  1. 21. Blue biotechnology : its role in the future of food

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Andrea Lundh; [2020]
    Keywords : Aquaculture; blue biotechnology; aquatic resources; SDG; sustainable development goals; blue growth; zero hunger; food security; agenda 2030;

    Abstract : To provide healthy food and livelihoods to a growing population on Earth, while environmental issues becoming more adverse, as well as climate change becoming more critical, is one of today’s greatest challenges. By 2015 the United Nations come up with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) to tackle global challenges as poverty, global hunger, climate resilience, population growth control, achieving food security, and promotion of sustainable agriculture. READ MORE

  3. 22. Water Purification : Research on the Energy Supply of Air Gap Membrane Distillation for Access to Clean Water

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Linda Yang; Robert Liao; [2020]
    Keywords : Air gap membrane distillation; water purification; energy system; Vattenrening; energisystem; luftspaltmembran;

    Abstract : Water stress is an ongoing problem in many places in the world, while the demand for clean and safe freshwater is growing due to the increasing population. In many developing countries, water supplies often are contaminated with arsenic, fluoride, etc. READ MORE

  4. 23. Achieving Sustainable Environmental Peace in Asymmetric Transboundary Water Conflicts – Human Rights-Based Approach to Water Cooperation in the Israel-Palestine Case

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Victor Walz; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental peacebuilding; water conflict; transboundary; Israel-Palestine; human rights-based approach; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As a result of the rapid population growth, the increasing economic interests and the global climate crisis, disputes over freshwater resources become more frequent and severe. Although many States pursue environmental cooperation to avoid or resolve water conflicts, such cooperation agreements often suffer from a weak political will to implement just cooperation mechanisms. READ MORE

  5. 24. Evaluating the potential of artificial infiltration to increase groundwater storage using MIKE SHE : A case study in northern Storsudret, Gotland

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Schmidt; Per Uppsäll; [2020]
    Keywords : Groundwater modelling; hydrogeology; aquifer assessment; freshwater resources;

    Abstract : The island of Gotland, Sweden, is struggling with supplying the population with freshwater during summers. At the same time as the demand increases during these months, the warm weather and geological conditions prevent sufficient volumes of groundwater to recharge. READ MORE

  6. 25. International business collaboration between small islands to encourage sustainable development

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Jessica Hjelmhagen; Marcus Håkansson; Amanda Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Since the world economy today is based on constant economic growth, essential challenges to business development have emerged regarding for example how to manage the growth rate in order to have the minimum environmental impact. The limitations of natural resources have become evidently clear in many different areas, and the need to find sustainable ways of developing societies has become a necessity. READ MORE