Because of the impacts of the growing population in Lebanon together with the changing climate, the Bekaa Valley’s water resources is in a precarious situation. In this study, the impacts on water balance and water quality for a 2013 baseline and future scenarios are simulated using the Water Evaluation And Planning model.
Visulaization tool for wastewater pollution, that maps the sources and destinations of nitrogen created by researchers at UC Santa Barbara
The authors use use a new high-resolution geospatial model to measure and map nitrogen (N) and pathogen—fecal indicator organisms (FIO)—inputs from human sewage for ~135,000 watersheds globally to assess the the potential impacts of human sewage on coastal ecosystems.
The pre‐ and post‐dam differences in per capita land holdings, annual incomes, expenditures, and social capital of those resettled were analysed based on household‐level data collected from the resettlement communities using semi‐structured interviews and in‐depth questionnaires, at a household level using the sustainable livelihoods framework.
The author details four specific threats to human survival (or, at least, quality of survival) that are directly linked to population growth.
Using Landsat and nighttime light remote sensing data of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (the YREB) of China during the period of 1995–2015, ore, this paper explores the relationship between urban land expansion and the scope of human activities.
Using high-frequency demographic surveillance data, a discrete time event history approach, and a range of sociodemographic and contextual controls, the study measures the extent to which temperature, precipitation, and flooding can predict temporary migration.
For the last three decades, rapid and uncontrolled urbanization has given rise to “ghost cities” in China. A framework to monitor “ghost cities” in Yangtze River Delta was proposed based on multi-source remote sensing datasets, including nighttime light imagery, land cover type products and population grid.
The paper focuses on an analysis of climate and development policies covering those dealing with development notably the country’s Sixth Five Year Plan (2011-15) and Outline Perspective Plan (to 2021), as well as its Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) progress report; and policies that deal with disasters, notably the National Plan for Disaster Management (2010-15).
In this study the authors find that that women fish farmers as well as women and men crop farmers perceived greater climate-related risks to profits, and this corresponded with attaching greater importance to risk management practices at the farm and community levels, thus showing that gender can influence risk-taking and decision-making and therefore should be taken into account when strengthening climate risk management practices or designing adaptation interventions.
