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  1. 1. Urban Water Security – Local Conditions and Regional Context : A case study of attitudes and water use behaviour

    Detta är en avhandling från Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

    Författare :Therése Sjömander Magnusson; Institutionen för tema.; Filosofiska fakulteten.; [2005]
    Nyckelord :TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; water supply; urban; water management; water demand management WDM ;

    Sammanfattning : The world is becoming urbanised. Between 1995 and 2025, it is estimated that the cities and towns of the developing world will have absorbed another two billion people. A majority of these people will be poor and settle down in the unregulated areas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Water Realities and Development Trajectories : Global and Local Agricultural Production Dynamics

    Detta är en avhandling från Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press

    Författare :Mats Lannerstad; Institutionen för tema.; Filosofiska fakulteten.; [2009]
    Nyckelord :TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; Agriculture development; food production; per capita food supply; consumptive water use; evaporation; transpiration; hydro-climatic variability; blue water resource; green water resource; irrigation; river depletion; river basin closure; adaptive water management; vegetal and animal foods; Jordbruksutveckling; matproduktion; per capita mattillgång; konsumerande vattenanvändning; evaporation; transpiration; hydroklimatisk variabilitet; blåvattenresurs; grönvattenresurs; bevattning; uttorkning av vattendrag; överintecknade avrinningsområden; anpassad vattenhantering; vegetarisk och animalisk föda.;

    Sammanfattning : Water constraints for humans and nature are gaining more and more public attention as a critical environmental dilemma that needs to be addressed. When aquifers and rivers are running dry, the debate refers to an ongoing “world water crisis”. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Integrated and Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Drinking Water Systems

    Detta är en avhandling från Chalmers University of Technology

    Författare :Andreas Lindhe; Chalmers tekniska högskola.; Chalmers University of Technology.; [2008]
    Nyckelord :MATEMATIK; MATHEMATICS; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; drinking water system; risk; hazard; risk analysis; water safety plan; fault tree analysis; integrated; probabilistic; uncertainty; customer minutes lost;

    Sammanfattning : Drinking water supply is an essential public function but is at the same time exposed to risks. Since a totally risk-free society is not attainable, risks need to be managed efficiently to achieve an acceptable level of risk. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Planning for Sustainable Use of Water

    Detta är en avhandling från Karlstad

    Författare :Beatrice Hedelin; Karlstads universitet.; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable development; water; planning process; criteria; Water Framework Directive WFD ; participation; Environmental and Energy Systems; Miljö- och energisystem;

    Sammanfattning : The basic problem that this work wishes to address concerns the  unsustainable use of water resources in many places of the world. In some places, the problem leads to human suffering and death while also obstructing social and economic development. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Matter that matters : A study of household routines in a process of changing water and sanitation arrangements

    Detta är en avhandling från Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

    Författare :Helena Krantz; Institutionen för tema.; Filosofiska fakulteten.; [2005]
    Nyckelord :TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; Urban water and sanitation arrangements; change; routines; everyday life; household management; water use; pocket of local order; matter out of place; comfort; cleanliness; convenience; sustainability; households;

    Sammanfattning : Our society changed, but the urban water and sanitation system of today is roughly the same as it was 100 years ago. The system is designed for, developed from and sustained by human activities, and has since its introduction affected household patterns of routine activities. LÄS MER