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The efficient use of water in the context of climate change
| Resumo: | As the world’s population grows, so do the water demands to fit everyone’s needs. This problematic topic is affecting many areas of the world and making its population experience severe water scarcity. As our Planet is changing at a rapid speed it’s up to us do something about it and this is when water efficiency starts to get a new meaning. So in order to try to minimize the damage that this boosting problem is causing, enhancing the efficiency of water use and therefore understand that its management is important to increase the beneficial utilization of water. We have witnessed that up to date water management only allowed so much growth to be sustained, so if water management has a proper approach towards efficiency, naturally it will enable a broader level of sustainable growth. Another problem regarding the shortage of water the world faces is climate change. This subject plays an important role in the present dissertation as it’s around it that the efficient use of water will be analyzed, through three Water Use Systems which consist of three plots of agricultural land located throughout the Guadiana River. This study will be conducive to the understanding of the Sefficiency concept as well as water allocation policies, as these were the two methods used to analyze the Water Use System. The results showed how crucial it is to take into consideration the use of different tools, when regarding natural resources, providing the stakeholder with several alternatives to ultimately make the best decision, in the context of climate change. |
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| Autores principais: | Rodrigues, Kelly Ann |
| Assunto: | Sefficiency Climate change Water allocation policy Efficiency Water management Seficiência Alterações climáticas Política de alocação de água Eficiência Gestão da água |
| Ano: | 2015 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | As the world’s population grows, so do the water demands to fit everyone’s needs. This problematic topic is affecting many areas of the world and making its population experience severe water scarcity. As our Planet is changing at a rapid speed it’s up to us do something about it and this is when water efficiency starts to get a new meaning. So in order to try to minimize the damage that this boosting problem is causing, enhancing the efficiency of water use and therefore understand that its management is important to increase the beneficial utilization of water. We have witnessed that up to date water management only allowed so much growth to be sustained, so if water management has a proper approach towards efficiency, naturally it will enable a broader level of sustainable growth. Another problem regarding the shortage of water the world faces is climate change. This subject plays an important role in the present dissertation as it’s around it that the efficient use of water will be analyzed, through three Water Use Systems which consist of three plots of agricultural land located throughout the Guadiana River. This study will be conducive to the understanding of the Sefficiency concept as well as water allocation policies, as these were the two methods used to analyze the Water Use System. The results showed how crucial it is to take into consideration the use of different tools, when regarding natural resources, providing the stakeholder with several alternatives to ultimately make the best decision, in the context of climate change. |
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