Water  (tagged articles)

Food Insecurity and the Threat to Global Stability and Security in the 21st Century

Michael DeFeo - In 2010, over 250,000 Syrian farmers were forced from their land due to water shortages. Lack of water left these farmers dangerously food insecure, so they moved, en masse, into Syrian urban centers. This strained an already overburdened infrastructure which increased... Keep Reading »
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The Effects of Institutional and Political Instability on Civil War in South Sudan

Michael DeFeo - South Sudan is the youngest and one of the most volatile nations in the world. After two decades of war, it gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Peace, however, was short-lived. As oil prices plummeted and competition intensified, an ill-advised decision to... Keep Reading »

Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars

David C. Harary - In December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognized the universal human right to food. Most recently in July 2010, the U.N. General Assembly adopted resolution 64/292 that recognized the human right to water as well... Keep Reading »

An Analysis of the Threat of Ontario's Hydroelectric Dams on its River Ecosystems

Nicholas Scrivens - Dams have been used for centuries to assist with the development of human civilization. Access to drinking water, flood control and agricultural irrigation are historical reasons for the development of dams and river impoundments. The abundance of large rivers in Ontario... Keep Reading »

Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin

David C. Harary - This paper explores both the positive and negative externalities associated with nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizer use. Using 57 scholarly journal articles, government reports, manuscripts, and news articles; a comprehensive review was made on the effects fertilizer... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Water is tagged in the following 17 articles.

Security Studies
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Food Insecurity and the Threat to Global Stability and Security in the 21st Century
By Michael DeFeo
In 2010, over 250,000 Syrian farmers were forced from their land due to Water shortages. Lack of Water left these farmers dangerously food insecure, so they moved, en masse, into Syrian urban centers. This strained an already overburdened infrastructure... Read Article »
Food Security Water Security Security Studies Failed States Social Instability Civil War Climate Change
Civil War
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
The Effects of Institutional and Political Instability on Civil War in South Sudan
By Michael DeFeo
South Sudan is the youngest and one of the most volatile nations in the world. After two decades of war, it gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Peace, however, was short-lived. As oil prices plummeted and competition intensified, an ill-... Read Article »
Civil War South Sudan Food Security Water Security Ethnic Conflict Sudan Civil War Sub-Saharan Africa
Food Security
2017, Vol. 10 No. 2
Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars
By David C. Harary
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
In December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognized the universal human right to food. Most recently in July 2010, the U.N. General Assembly adopted resolution 64/292 that recognized the human... Read Article »
Food Security Natural Resources Resource Management Climate Change Water Crisis
Renewable Energy
2016, Vol. 2016 No. 2
An Analysis of the Threat of Ontario's Hydroelectric Dams on its River Ecosystems
By Nicholas Scrivens
Published by Center for Development and Strategy
Dams have been used for centuries to assist with the development of human civilization. Access to drinking Water, flood control and agricultural irrigation are historical reasons for the development of dams and river impoundments. The abundance... Read Article »
Renewable Energy Hydroelectric Hydropeaking Rivers Freshwater Ecosystems Environmental Management Energy Policy
Water Management
2016, Vol. 2016 No. 1
Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin
By David C. Harary
Published by Center for Development and Strategy
This paper explores both the positive and negative externalities associated with nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizer use. Using 57 scholarly journal articles, government reports, manuscripts, and news articles; a comprehensive review was made... Read Article »
Water Management Chemical Fertilizers Eutrophication Sustainability Lake Erie Natural Resources Environmental Externalities
Geology
2015, Vol. 12 No. 1
Sediment Mass and Nutrient Accumulation Rates in Lake Erie Using Geographic Information System
By Jinyu Seo
Published by Discussions
This study emphasizes the reconstruction of sediment deposition rates, sediment concentrations of nutrients, and nutrient fluxes in Lake Erie through the creation of geological maps using geographic information system (GIS). Sedimentation rates,... Read Article »
Geology Sedimentation Rates Freshwater Water Supply Lake Erie GIS
Teleosts
2015, Vol. 11 No. 2
Sodium Absorption in Summer and Winter Acclimated FreshWater Teleosts
By Katrina Thede
Published by Discussions
To maintain sodium (Na+) homeostasis in a hypotonic environment, freshWater teleosts must constantly absorb Na+ through their gills. Teleosts in temperate climates have the extra challenge of living in an environment in which ambient temperatures... Read Article »
Teleosts Sodium Transport Gills Ecology Freshwater Marine Life
Environmental Policy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Water Pollution Control Policy: Addressing Non-Point Source Pollution
By Adib J. Rahman
Non-point source (NPS) pollution occurs when pollutants from many different and often difficult to track sources have a negative impact on air or Water quality. Even though this type of pollution accounts for a substantial amount of Water pollution... Read Article »
Environmental Policy Water Pollution Emissions Runoff Public Policy Canada
Natural Resources
2013, Vol. 3 No. 2
Selling Ourselves Short: A Discussion of Water-Markets in Alberta
By Derek N. Pluim
Published by Earth Common Journal
The issue of Water management has become one of increasing importance. Any new policy regarding resource management must balance the needs of the environment, the municipalities, and industry. In an effort to reconcile these needs, this report reviews... Read Article »
Water Natural Resources Canada Water Markets Commodity Markets
Public Health
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
Arsenic Contamination of GroundWater in Nepal: Good Public Health Intention Gone Bad
By Roman Shrestha
Nepal is a small developing country in South Asia, bordered by China to the north and India to the south, east and west. With a total land area of 56,827 square miles, the country is predominantly mountainous with more than 80% of the total area... Read Article »
Public Health Nepal Southeast Asia Arsenic Contamination Arsenic Poisoning Arsenicosis Drinking Water
Investigative Journalism
2012, Vol. 4 No. 03
Cablegate and Watergate: More Namesake than Legacy
By Tonei Glavinic
Just a few months after making international news in early 2010 for releasing confidential reports on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the international whistleblower site Wikileaks began publicly releasing information from a series of over 250,000... Read Article »
Wikileaks Watergate Cablegate Investigative Journalism
Journalism
2012, Vol. 4 No. 02
Watergate and the Washington Post: Questionable Tactics in Service to Democracy
By Tonei Glavinic
In their introduction to Journalism: The Democratic Craft, G. Stuart Adam and Roy Peter Clark write that “journalism is one manifestation of the right of free expression, a fundamental democratic freedom” (p. xvii). This is not a radical... Read Article »
Watergate Washington Post Richard Nixon Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein Investigative Journalism
Childbirth
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
An Ethnography of Water Birth and its Representations on YouTube
By T S
The purpose of this qualitative research study is to report semi-structured interview narratives from sixteen parents who had given birth immersed in Water and posted their live birth videos on YouTube.com. This report introduces the concept of... Read Article »
Ethnography Childbirth Water Birth Maternity Birth YouTube
Environmental Policy
2011, Vol. 2010/2011 No. 1
Transnational Waterstreams in the Middle East
By Onur Kara
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
Access to Water has been a major factor in international relations for many centuries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa1, a region that can regularly run out of adequate Water resources.2 After the emergence of nation-states in the... Read Article »
Water Environmental Policy Environmental Politics Natural Resources Land-Use Freshwater Middle East Hydroelectric
Human Security
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Preventive Security in the 21st Century: The Threats of the Threats
By Ali B. Al-Bayaa
“Human security means protecting vital freedoms. It means protecting people from critical and pervasive threats and situations, building on their strengths and aspirations. It also means creating systems that give people the building blocks... Read Article »
Human Security Preventive Security International Conflict Peacekeeping International Law Resource Shortages Poverty Population Growth Water Scarcity
Climate Change
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
The Water Crisis: A Quest to Conserve Our Planet's Most Precious Resource
By Valerie D. Wade
We are at war. Yes, I said it. We are at war. We are at war, with ourselves, against ourselves, and by that, I mean we are damaging the very planet that we subsist on. Where will we be without this planet? We are destroying ourselves, bit by bit... Read Article »
Water Crisis Water Shortage Global Warming Climate Change Water Supply Natural Resources
China
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Environmental Sustainability in China: A Historical Perspective
By Patrick M. Hutchison
It is no secret that China today faces serious environmental challenges. The combination of a rapidly growing population and a lack of viable communication between the state and local communities have produced a  difficult situation. Many argue... Read Article »
China Environmental Sustainability Pollution Overpopulation Water Resources Resource Management

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