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the future. Yet, the adoption of the underlying principles of sustainable development has been slow in the water sector and elsewhere. Despite the realization that water governance is a political issue ... , and management, to pinpoint failures in the translation of political rhetoric as well as new scientific findings into change at the operational level. It explores how an updated knowledge base could
adaptation strategies is the increase of resilience of water systems, emphasizing the capability of reducing both physical and socio-political vulnerability, improving the governance of water services ... , legislative frameworks, institutional assets of water services, which can be considered basic elements of political strategies of Italy. • Large funding program by public • Top-down approach • Concern on water
designed involves a myriad of uncertainties, climate and non-climate related, that request comprehensive decision frameworks involving multiple processes (institutional, political, social, economic ... involving multiple issues (institutional, political, social, economic, biophysical, etc.) to prevent disagreements and barriers to reaching sustainable decisions. Water companies and utilities worldwide are
necessary but complex undertaking requiring interdisciplinary, interagency efforts that the U.S.’ decentralized, federalist political system is suited to address. If generalization is warranted, the results ... the political will to plan for this hazard (Botterill 2013) . Without a national drought policy, Wilhite et al. (2014) claim that drought management will continue to be reactionary and crisis-driven
huge consumption, water is taken for granted. Political speeches about the infinity of water, the betting on new technologies as a silver bullet to solve the water shortage at a stroke and forever, such ... -Santos 2005) , was driven by a convergence of technical, political and economic factors (Foster and Chilton 2003) . The economic implications of harnessing this resource are particularly noticeable in
differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs
is not always accompanied by social resilience. This paper attempts to address the philosophy of urban drainage design, introducing the new concept of floodability as an evolution of flood resilience ... aims to shift the utilized flooding strategies from the preservative approach to the “live with” philosophy. The learning-by-doing cycle is the centre of the paradigm, as technical solutions must be
is influenced by environmental and political issues like climate change, drought and competing and changing uses of water and space. This paper discusses how to design the water resources in such a way ... Bauer J , Herder P ( 2009 ) Designing socio-technical systems . Handbook of the Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of technology and engineering sciences 9 : 601 - 630 Biggs R , Schluter M , Schoon M
The book ends with concluding remarks of the writer about the whole Leo Strauss’s thought. Although Leo Strauss’s philosophy is very complex especially in terms of so many different titles and ... twentieth century political philosophy but also enable to us with critical outlook about modern political philosophy and its problems. Apart from Introduction, the book consists of four main titles about Leo
social and political environment in which water resource management decisions, whether at local, regional, or global scales, are made. Although managing water in this changing and uncertain physical and ... presents the results of research on water management institutions and issues of governance that are needed in this political decision-making environment. This Special Issue is being published at a time when
tradeoffs across sectors, stakeholders, and spatial locations. This study aims to evaluate the tradeoffs and political economy aspects of allocating water among economic water uses and environmental flows in ... the importance of assessing the opportunity costs and political implications of reallocating water from economic activities to the environment under impending climate change impacts. Moreover, the
never be fully eliminated, our research nevertheless gives insights to policy-makers seeking to minimise value conflict and to improve the political legitimacy of public decision-making on dam ... decision-makers may often prefer to emphasise their economic benefits or technocratic nature, the development of large infrastructure also always has a strong political dimension (Meitzner Yoder 2018
2 Francisco González‐Gómez 3 Department of Applied Economics, University of Granada , Granada , Spain 4 Department of Political Science and Administration, Universidad de Granada , Granada , Spain ... pub‑ lic companies due to the negative effect on the political prospects of those who govern (Klien 2014) , motivating them to implement alternative demand management strategies. Conversely, in
in Kosovo by the 14th century was followed with a long interruption due to socio-political circumstances. The linguistic structure of the book in libraries by the middle of the sixties of the 20th ... the political and cultural position of Albanians was also reflected in view of the growing number of publications in Albanian and network extension of libraries also changing their cultural status. In
(Blondel et al. 2008) algorithms. These techniques can identify communities in a network with similar parameters, like users of social media with a similar taste for music, food or political preferences
at the dam’s base (Negm et al. 2018) . The majority of the world’s regions are vulnerable to serious hydro‑political con‑ flicts, which could occur in several hotspot basins. In an increasing number ... of Fig. 1 Geographical location of GERD international river basins in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, the Indian sub‑ continent, or Southeast Asia, the risk of severe political violence is
(Noori et al. 2021) . The sedentarisation of nomads north of the Sahara -driven by political reasons- is another example of traditional land-use abandonment. New farmers have overexploited in years the ... conditions - political and economic - for their implementation. Rather than implementing agriculture suited to more humid ecosystems (Mainguet and Da Silva 1998) , it seems more logical to focus on food
. This study combines different definitions from the social and political sciences to formulate a tailored definition of mechanisms that fits the topic of transitions. An early definition is provided by ... , the 1953 floods, costing the lives of 1,836 people, meant the political attention was geared towards preventing such disastrous events from ever happening again. 4.1.2 1970 – 2000: Ecohydrology From the
The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a
The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a
