Essays about: "River Management policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words River Management policy.

  1. 1. Analysis of floodplain population dynamics in the USA from 1790 to 2010​

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Firoza Akhter; [2020]
    Keywords : Floodplain; levee; flood damage; flood insurance; population dynamics; population growth rate;

    Abstract : Floodplain is an important location for the economic and social development of society throughout history, although it afflicted by different disasters like floods and bank erosion from time to time. Population dynamics and distribution trends have important effects on the landscape and society. READ MORE

  3. 2. Transboundary Water Cooperation between Bangladesh and India in the Ganges River Basin: Exploring a Benefit-sharing Approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sajid Karim; [2020]
    Keywords : Bangladesh-India Water Management; Benefit-sharing; Ganges River Basin; Sustainable Development; Transboundary Water Cooperation; Water Resource Management;

    Abstract : Bangladesh and India share 54 transboundary rivers. Despite that, the transboundary water management between these two countries is heavily concentrated on the Ganges river basin, in which, mode of cooperation is still based on physical sharing of water. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate Adaptation Strategies and Projections on Water Discharge in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Marika Mourujärvi; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate Adaptation: Climate projections: Water Discharge: Transboundary Issues: Euphrates-Tigris River Basin: Middle East; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The main aim of this thesis is to analyse the climate adaptation strategies regarding water resources in the regional context of the three major riparians of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers: Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The objectives are: to base the analysis on the criteria benefit, consequences and limits to the social as well as the technical factors affecting the water availability and to use WW-HYPE, which is a HBV based model, to support literature on climate projections in the area. READ MORE

  5. 4. Testing the (legal) waters: interpreting the political representation of a river with rights in New Zealand : “let’s talk to the river, instead of talking about the river”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Wouter Blankestijn; Anna Martin; [2018]
    Keywords : earth jurisprudence; rights of nature; political representation; ecocentrism; human-nature communication; river management; indigenous justice; environmental justice; communicative ethic; thematic analysis; New Zealand;

    Abstract : In 2017, after protracted litigation between Māori iwi (tribe) and the Crown, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was granted the status of a ‘legal person’. The river is described as an indivisible and living whole, so-called Te Awa Tupua. READ MORE

  6. 5. An institutional and cultural perspective on 'soft' spaces of cooperation : Findings from a transboundary Dutch-German cooperation network

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Sindi Haxhija; [2018]
    Keywords : soft spaces; cross-border cooperation; water management; institutional differences; cultural differences;

    Abstract : Following the necessity for spatial planning to focus on ‘what works’ in terms of implementation and policy delivery, during the last decade, the notion ‘soft’ spaces of cooperation have been in the spotlight of many academics working on territorial cooperation units. ‘Soft’ spaces of cooperation have been introduced mainly to explain what was happening for real through the continuous attempts to promote new policy scales, initially through the device of fuzzy boundaries. READ MORE