Essays about: "Rainwater harvesting"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Rainwater harvesting.

1. 16. Hydrological and hydrogeological consequences of rapid and large-scale urbanization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI); Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi

   Author : Archana Ema Akhilesh; [2018]
   Keywords : Rapid and large-scale urbanization; ArcGIS; HEC-HMS; surface runoff; surface infiltration.; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Urbanization is a process where rural population move to urban places for better job opportunities and facilities. This is a natural process and more or less unavoidable. But when this process takes place rapidly and at large -scale, the urban cities will undergo various changes that will impact the environment. READ MORE

3. 17. Study of quality of drinking water : In rural areas of Souss Massa region

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

   Author : Marah Casao; [2018]
   Keywords : dricksvatten; vattenbrist; Marocko;

   Abstract : The scarcity of water affects many developing nations. Today, Morocco,characterized by an arid and semi-arid climate, is approaching absolute scarcityof freshwater availability of 730 m3/capita/year. The effect of the scarcity ofwater is highly evident in rural localities, which are driven to rely on wellwater and rainwater harvesting. READ MORE

4. 18. Urban Water : Harvesting Rainwater at household level to improve the current water metabolism in Cuenca – Ecuador

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Juan Diego Godoy Chacha; [2015]
   Keywords : Urban Metabolism; Urban Water Management; Harvesting rainwater; Cuenca Ecuador.;

   Abstract : With a global population about 7 billion people and their continued growth are pressuring global natural resources, in freshwater matter this pressure is altering both the river flows; timing season of water flows; and spatial patterns in order to meet human demands both in urban as rural areas. However, water stress in urban areas are increasing and expectations by 2050 are grim with a global urban development by 70 percent moreover urbanization rate expected by 2030 in Latin America is 80 percent, thus the water concerns because of high average water consumption 220 lpd, and water leakage by 29 percent in the third largest city of Ecuador Cuenca have motivated to perform this analysis. READ MORE

5. 19. Adaptation to climate change - zooming in on rainwater harvesting in the Thar Desert, India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Stina Sandgren; [2014]
   Keywords : Science General;

   Abstract : Global warming is one of the major threats to humans and ecosystems, especially in already fragile areas like that of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India. People living there depend on rainwater for the every day life. READ MORE

6. 20. Water harvesting in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan region, Iraq : detection of suitable sites using geographic information system and remote sensing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Hasan Hameed; [2013]
   Keywords : multi criteria evaluation; geographic information system; remote sensing; analytic hierarchy process; macro catchment rainwater harvesting; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The drought effects on Iraq, and specifically on the Kurdistan region, is on the rise due to the climate change. Management of the water resources has become necessary to solve this problem. READ MORE