Introduction The objective of this report provide three approaches which could be implemented to mitigate the water crisis in developing country‚ and also the report takes China as an example. The first part of this report gives a brief introduction and background of the water consumption trend and the implication in this report. Secondly‚ three options are demonstrated in the following part‚ which are the South-to-North Water Diversion Project‚ monitoring system and individual behavior respectively
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1.2 Background of the study area Sunsari Morang Irrigation System (SMIS) is one of the largest irrigation project in Nepal which is aimed to irrigate 68000 ha of Sunsari and Morang district located in Eastern Terai area in Nepal. Under bi-lateral agreement between Nepal and India in 1954‚ the system was designed and constructed by Government of India from 1964 to 1973 was handed over to Nepal in 1975 after two years of trial operation(Paudel‚ 2010). The water is withdrawn through a side intake from
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How the market can keep streams flowing When many people give a speech or presentation to an audience their main objective is to break through to their audience and persuade them to side with them on their speech. In the video ‘How the market can keep streams flowing’ Rob Harmon does just that. He goes back and visits many ways water can be conserved throughout America and what we can do to potentially stop rivers and streams from drying out throughout the country. Rob Harmon puts many elements
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Bronfenbrenner’s theoretical framework challenged deficit perspectives. The author demonstrated that a range of inter-related factors may impact on an individual across different systems at any given time (e.g.‚ microsystem‚ mesosystem‚ exosystem and macrosystem). Ecological systems theory emphasises the interaction between more proximal individual factors (e.g.‚ biology‚ personality)‚ immediate environment (e.g.‚ family‚ school‚ peer group)‚ wider environment (e.g.‚ children’s services‚ socio-political
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Barlow‚ Maude February 25‚ 2008 *The* Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water Foreign Policy in Focus‚ www.fpif.org A disturbing article by Maude Barlow‚ which pertains to the building tension between countries‚ regions‚ etc. in‚regards to shared water sources. She highlights the possibilities of issues arising from disagreements in the use and treatment of water sources. Amster‚ Randall March 10‚ 2009 Water‚ Water Everywhere? Sustaining Scarce Resources in
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China Shortage of Fresh Water‚ People often thinks that water will never be used up. There is plenty of water‚ such as rain‚ water from the rivers and wells. It seems as if water is always available around us and we never have to worry about water shortage. In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of industries‚ water is more needed than before. At the same time‚ a large amount of water has been polluted and wasted every day. Some big
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Natural ecosystems require water for the survival of the plants and animals that live within them. These ecosystems help to regulate water quality and quantity of water. Wetlands hold water in periods of high rainfall‚ slowly releasing it during dryer periods‚ and purify it of heavy metals and other contaminants. Forests recharge our groundwater‚ which can be used elsewhere for drinking or irrigation. (Bergkamp 1) Natural ecosystems can help to prevent floods‚ provide shelter and millions of people
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Food Shortage. Lester Brown addresses this issue on chapter nine of his book Plan B. He tries to explain what can be done to sufficiently feed a world with a population of 8 billion persons. He gives an example of China’s way of increasing its food production and how in just about a decade‚ china was able to have enough food to feed hundreds of millions of people who were starving. China became self-sufficient in food production and in 2005 was able to manage its hungry population and she not
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Thesis: - Supply of some natural resources (nonrenewable) and capital is fixed - Supply would grow more slowly than the population + population = - development Malthusian Theory: * Population tends to increase at a geometric rate * Food can only increase arithmetically * Population expands to eat up any surplus * Social expenditure on school and health due to young age structure diverted funds from capital investment. Aspects to consider about population and economy:
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More than two billion people worldwide facing water scarcity and in India this is a particularly acute crisis. Millions of Indians currently lack access to clean drinking water‚ and the situation is only getting worse. India’s demand for water is growing at an alarming rate. India’s water crisis is predominantly a manmade problem. India’s climate is not particularly dry‚ nor is it lacking in rivers and groundwater. Extremely poor management‚ unclear laws‚ government corruption‚ and industrial and
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