Storage And Scarcity

Author : Giorgio Osti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317076537

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Storage and Scarcity by Giorgio Osti Pdf

In an era of abundance, at least part of humanity has stopped thinking about the future provision of basic vital resources such water, energy and food. Storage actions, with all their variants whether real or imagined, are sources of innovation in the provision and treatment of crucial resources. This book deals with cases of water, food, energy and biodiversity storage as a response to a new era of scarcity. Examining multilevel storage policies, consumers’ practices and local organisations, author Giorgio Osti explores a variety of examples such as the need to stock agriculture produce, the industry and practices of food conservation, the role of artificial water basins in controlling floods and droughts and the development of batteries able to compensate for the intermittence of renewable energy sources. Storage and self-sufficiency can be achieved in many technical ways, at different territorial levels and according to different policies or philosophies. Being more a grasshopper or an ant - the two extreme positions - depends not only on the technologies available but also on different analyses of the environment and different attitudes to the future. This book offers an environmentalist perspective that uncovers hidden or absent activities of ultramodern societies that will be useful to students of environmental sociology as well as those researching and studying at the interface of environmental studies and geography.

Author : Andrew A. Keller,R. Sakthivadivel,David William Seckler
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Dams
ISBN : 9789290903994

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Water Scarcity and the Role of Storage in Development by Andrew A. Keller,R. Sakthivadivel,David William Seckler Pdf

Of the four major ways of storing water –in the soil profile, in underground aquifers, in small reservoirs, and in large reservoirs behind dams–the first is possible only for relatively short periods of time. In this paper, the authors concentrate on the three kinds of long-term technologies, and compare the hydrological, operational, economic and environmental aspects of each.

Author : A. Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:708548143

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Water Scarcity and the Role of Storage in Development by A. Keller Pdf

By 2025, one-third of the population of the development world will face severe water shortages (Seckler et al. 1998). Yet, even in many water-acarce regions, large amounts of water annually flood out to the sea. Some of this floodwater is is committed flow to flush salt and other harmful products out of the system and to maintain the ecological aspects of estuaries and coastal areas (Molden 1997). However, in many cases, the floodwater is not fully utilized; and, of course, the floods themselves can do a great deal of harm.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : LOC:00101209714

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World Hunger, Health, and Refugee Problems: Food scarcity, nutrition, and health by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees Pdf

Author : Lyla Mehta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136538933

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The Limits to Scarcity by Lyla Mehta Pdf

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates? Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations, overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as policies and interventions? Theoretical and empirical chapters by leading academics and scholar-activists grapple with these issues by questioning scarcity's taken-for-granted nature. They examine scarcity debates across three of the most important resources - food, water and energy - and their implications for theory, institutional arrangements, policy responses and innovation systems. The book looks at how scarcity has emerged as a totalizing discourse in both the North and South. The 'scare' of scarcity has led to scarcity emerging as a political strategy for powerful groups. Aggregate numbers and physical quantities are trusted, while local knowledges and experiences of scarcity that identify problems more accurately and specifically are ignored. Science and technology are expected to provide 'solutions', but such expectations embody a multitude of unexamined assumptions about the nature of the 'problem', about the technologies and about the institutional arrangements put forward as a 'fix.' Through this examination the authors demonstrate that scarcity is not a natural condition: the problem lies in how we see scarcity and the ways in which it is socially generated.

Author : Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351851138

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Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity by Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian Pdf

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for dealing with drought and scarcity. These strategies include management approaches for different regions, such as coastal, urban, rural, and agricultural areas. It offers multiple strategies for monitoring, assessing, and forcasting drought through the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. It also presents drought mitigation management strategies, such as groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, conservations practices, and more.

Author : Christopher Ward,Sandra Ruckstuhl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781786731302

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Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East by Christopher Ward,Sandra Ruckstuhl Pdf

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity. One of the poorest countries in the world sits alongside two of the wealthiest, whilst the region's natural resources range from immeasurable oil and gas reserves to some of the scantiest natural endowments anywhere in the world. Yet through this diversity runs a common thread: water scarcity. Now, through the impact of human development and climate change, the water resource itself is changing,bringing new risks and increasing the vulnerability of all those dependent on water. Chris Ward and Sandra Ruckstuhl assess the increased challenges now facing the countries of the region, placing particular emphasis on water scarcity and the resultant risks to livelihoods, food security and the environment. They evaluate the risks and reality of climate change in the region, and offer an assessment of the vulnerability of agriculture and livelihoods. In a final section, they explore the options for responding to the new challenges, including policy, institutional, economic and technical measures.

Author : Sendhil Mullainathan,Eldar Shafir
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781429943451

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Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan,Eldar Shafir Pdf

In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need. Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time, and why the same sugarcane farmers are smarter after harvest than before. Once we start thinking in terms of scarcity, the problems of modern life come into sharper focus, and Scarcity reveals not only how it leads us astray but also how individuals and organizations can better manage scarcity for greater satisfaction and success.

Author : Luis Santos Pereira,Ian Cordery,Iacovos Iacovides
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402095795

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Coping with Water Scarcity by Luis Santos Pereira,Ian Cordery,Iacovos Iacovides Pdf

One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones. This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it.

Author : Josefina Maestu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415638210

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Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity by Josefina Maestu Pdf

Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it. One of the key water management options for water demand is water trading. This book explores the role of water trading, as an instrument of integrated water resources management.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251378793

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Managing water scarcity in Asia and the Pacific - A summary by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

In the Asia–Pacific region, water resources form the basis of agrarian prosperity and economic development. However, increasing water demand due to population growth, rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, and a changing climate undermine those water resources. Like many parts of the world, Asia–Pacific faces increasing water scarcity, with varying characteristics, causes and trends across a diverse range of countries at different stages of development. Understanding of the spatial and temporal differences in water scarcity across the region is, however, limited, and while policies and management strategies are under development in all countries, their effectiveness varies significantly. Responses to water scarcity are often reacting to acute issues such as drought or conflicts between competing water users; while regional and national level policies exist in most cases, they often lack subsidiary legislation, program development or the resources needed for successful implementation.The main objective of the present study was to develop an understanding of the dynamics of water scarcity across Asia–Pacific and how countries manage that scarcity—ultimately informing more effective management approaches that can be scaled across the region.

Author : Shlomi Dinar,Ariel Dinar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520292789

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International Water Scarcity and Variability by Shlomi Dinar,Ariel Dinar Pdf

Introduction : the debate on climate change and water security -- Theory of scarcity-variability, conflict, and cooperation -- Emergence of cooperation under scarcity and variability -- Institutions and the stability of cooperative arrangements under scarcity and variability -- Incentives to cooperate : political and economic instruments -- Evidence-how do basin riparian countries cope with water scarcity and variability -- Conclusion and policy implications

Author : C. Peter Timmer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812290516

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Food Security and Scarcity by C. Peter Timmer Pdf

In countries that have managed to confront and cope with the challenges of food insecurity over the past two centuries, markets have done the heavy lifting. Markets serve as the arena for allocating society's scarce resources to meet the virtually unlimited needs and desires of consumers: no other mechanism can efficiently signal fluctuations in scarcity and abundance, the cost of labor, or the value of commodities. But markets fail at tasks that society regards as important; thus, governments have had to intervene to stabilize the economic environment and provide essential public goods, such as transportation and communications networks, agricultural research and development, and access to quality health and educational facilities. Ending hunger requires that each society find the right balance of market forces and government interventions to drive a process of economic growth that reaches the poor and ensures that food supplies are readily, and reliably, available and accessible to even the poorest households. But locating that balance has been a major challenge for many countries, and seems to be getting more difficult as the global economy becomes more integrated and less stable. Food Security and Scarcity explains what forms those challenges take in the long run and short term and at global, national, and household levels. C. Peter Timmer, best known for his work on the definitive text Food Policy Analysis, draws on decades of food security research and analysis to produce the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of what makes a productive, sustainable, and stable food system—and why so many countries have fallen short. Poverty and hunger are different in every country, so the manner of coping with the challenges of ending hunger and keeping it at bay will depend on equally country-specific analysis, governance, and solutions. Timmer shows that for all their problems and failures, markets and food prices are ultimately central to solving the problem of hunger, and that any coherent strategy to improve food security will depend on an in-depth understanding of how food markets operate. Published in association with the Center for Global Development.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Cold storage
ISBN : LOC:00186950689

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Cold-storage Legislation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : Nevil Wyndham Quinn,Ian Holman,Jamie Hannaford,Emma Weitkamp,Kerstin Stahl
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832502891

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Drought and Water Scarcity: Addressing Current and Future Challenges by Nevil Wyndham Quinn,Ian Holman,Jamie Hannaford,Emma Weitkamp,Kerstin Stahl Pdf