Middle East Water Shortage Due to geography and population growth‚ the Middle East nations are faced with a growing demand for a shrinking water supply. Throughout most of the Middle East region rainfall is irregular and the rainy season is very short. The World Bank reports that this area (including North Africa) has 5% of the world’s population‚ but only 1% of the world’s water. Droughts have been occurring more frequently and lasting longer‚ warning of a bleaker future. Man himself has
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Energy Crisis in Pakistan “What does ‘LOL’ stand for in Pakistan? ‘Lots-of-Loadshedding’.” [Introduction] Pakistan is energy-deficient. How can one imagine an active and prosperous human being short on blood? Life is hard without sufficient blood running up and down the veins‚ pumped by the heart round the clock. Pakistan has failed to contain its energy crisis; failing to increase supply proportionately and conserving demand. In 1980s‚ it met 86% of its demand; come 2000s‚ situation is getting
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Asia facing worsening water crisis: ADB MANILA: Asian countries‚ including India‚ are facing a worsening water crisis that threatens to curtail food production while taking an increasingly heavy toll on the region’s economies‚ the Asian Development Bank said. Governments‚ industries and people around the region urgently need to stop wasting so much of the precious resource if they are to limit the shortage‚ ADB infrastructure advisor Arjun Thapan said. "It needs to shrink and Asia needs to become
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Water shortage is a global problem by William 8H Water shortage is a problem worldwide - A combination of climate change and poor resource management is leading to water shortages in even the most developed countries. In London‚ leaks from water mains are wasting 300 Olympic swimming pools worth of water every day whilst southern parts of Europe is becoming drier as a result of climate change and glaciers in the North pole which are a significant source of water‚ are depleting. Many other countries
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ENERGY CRISIS AND NUCLEAR ENERGY REQUIREMENT IN INDIA 1. The year 2005-06 is marked in the history of India – US relations as an important milestone in the mutual rediscovery of each other. It marks one of the most significant departure from long held relations. It is the biggest foreign policy challenge facing India after a gap of more than 30 years India and US agreed to resume cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. Until now ‚ US viewed India as a nuclear weapon capable state
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Water shortage: causes and solutions The development of human society depends much on a great variety of natural resources‚ and water is one of them. As is well known‚ water resource plays a vital role performs a significant function in our professional and daily life. However this resource has been being wasted or polluted in recent years due to industrial development and the explosion of population‚ which presents/poses a serious problem to us—water shortage. In the light of/given the immeasurable
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‘The shortage in the supply of clean water is a looming crisis in some regions of the world.’ Discuss the causes and consequences. 1. Introduction Water shortage has been a worrisome problem facing the world. We mostly live in water-rich countries washing dishes‚ watering plants and taking a shower‚ it’s hard to imagine or realize there will be inadequate water supply for the world one day. Water is a finite resource such that the amount of fresh water supply provided by the hydrological cycle
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"Fresh water is overtaking oil as the scarcest critical resource. In the same way‚ oil gave a shape to geopolitics and the environment and our daily lives in the twentieth century‚ water is starting to do so in the twenty-first century." Author Steven Solomon says this and so much more as he explains his beliefs about the future in his book Water. This recent publication explains civilization’s history with water and why conservation is more important now than ever. Water is a necessary resource
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Topic An analysis of the “Impacts of water rationing on public health”: Case study of Makokoba‚ Bulawayo Introduction Zimbabwe local governance is made up of a system of city councils and municipalities which are mandated to provide water and sanitation services and goods to their respective residents. This system has been effective during the colonial era where the urban areas were less populated than there are at the present moment. The Zimbabwe post-independence period has seen a large influx
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WATER CRISIS IN PAKISTAN GENERAL 1. Pakistan has been blessed with abandoned water resources‚ with water flowing down from Himalayas and Karakorum‚ the world’s largest glaciers‚ a unique bounty of nature. As a result of this natural resource today we have the world’s largest irrigation system that irrigates over 16 million hectors of land‚ out of 34 million hectors of cultivable land available. 2. Basically there are two major sources of water i.e surface and ground water. In surface water
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