1) The document discusses sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in Spain, noting that while progress has been made, Spain still lags behind other countries in adopting SuDS despite efforts by universities like the University of Cantabria.
2) It provides examples of research projects carried out in Spain on SuDS components like pervious pavements and linear drainage systems, as well as the 2008 World Expo on water held in Zaragoza which raised awareness of water issues.
3) Water markets in Spain have had limited development due to restrictions on trading during critical drought periods, though exchanges could reinforce the economic value of water and motivate more rational water use.
It is in the cities that the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development converge more intensively, making them necessary to be thought, managed and planned according to the sustainable development model which aims to meet the current needs of the Earth's population without compromising its natural resources, bequeathing them to future generations.
Alzahrani 1Shortage of Water Supply in Lake Havasu City an.docxgalerussel59292
Alzahrani 1
Shortage of Water Supply in Lake Havasu City and Associated Risks to Water
The water, an indispensable resource for the survival of all species, exerts a decisive influence on the quality of living. However, the way water resources are used and managed has led to a level of environmental degradation and to a risk of water shortages that compromise the quality of life of future generations. The researchers say that the water issues in the twenty-first century is largely a management crisis rather a genuine crisis of stress and scarcity (Gleick, 2000). However, for other experts, it is a consequence of a number of ecological problems compounded with other problems related to economic as well as social expansion (Graff & Stroud 1-12). To Varis & Somlyody (2006), the aggravation and the involvedness of water predicament stem from actual availability as well as increased demand problems, and a process of further sectoral management and response to crises and problems without predictive attitude and systemic approach. Matsumura-Tundisi & Tundisi (2008) give emphasis to the need for an integrated, systemic as well as predictive approach to water management with decentralization to the watershed (Anderson, 2001). According to these authors, a consolidated database and transformed in management can be the most effective means to undertake the crisis of water shortage, water pressure as well as deteriorating quality. Considering the significance of the water crisis and its mismanagement, the researcher has chosen the issue of shortage of water supply in Lake Havasu City and associated risks to its water (Graff & Stroud 11).
The primary aim and objective of this research study is to evaluate the significance of water crisis in the Lake Havasu City, and to know the cause of this water supply management crisis. The researcher also has an objective to evaluate the risks associated to the lake water.
The water, an indispensable resource for the survival of all species, exerts a decisive influence on the quality of living. However, the way water resources are used and managed has led to a level of environmental degradation and to a risk of water shortages that compromise the quality of life of future generations (Westenburg et al., 2006. The case of Lake Havasu is also similar like other miss management of water reserve supply. This community living near the lake is positioned in the western Arizona, wherever supply of water is a main concern. Water reserve issues are mainly due the mismanagement of local government management team and planner of the city (Graff & Stroud 10-11).
The research work of Graff & Stroud (2010) has revealed different causes of shortage of water. Graff & Stroud (2010) point out that, in the wide social, environmental and economic twenty-first century, the main processes and problems are the major reasons of the “water crisis” are intense urbanization, growing demand of water, growing the expulsion of p.
HOW TO COPE WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN BRAZILIAN CITIES.pdfFaga1939
This article aims to demonstrate that there are solutions that can be adopted by Brazilian governments at all levels (federal, state and municipal) to protect Brazilian cities affected by extreme weather events as a result of global warming and the consequent global climate change that tends to be catastrophic. Floods have been recurring in Brazilian cities. These events reveal that public authorities do not plan Brazilian cities rationally with the appropriate use of Engineering, among other essential measures. Prevention and correction measures to minimize damage caused by floods are classified, according to their nature, into structural measures that correspond to the works that can be implemented with the execution of engineering works aimed at correcting and/or preventing problems arising of floods and non-structural measures are those that seek the introduction of standards, regulations and programs that aim, for example, to discipline the use and occupation of land in cities, implementation of warning systems and public awareness. It is essential that Brazilian governments at all levels (federal, state and municipal) prepare contingency plans to evacuate populations that may be affected as a result of floods, floods and floods. The municipal government plays a fundamental role in preventing floods in cities. To this end, a municipal development master plan must be drawn up that includes, among other measures, the adoption of solutions to minimize or eliminate the risks faced by the population and the systematic identification of risk areas in order to establish population settlement rules.
Introducing climate change in river basin managementLia Romano
3rd International Meeting on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean
POSTER
ABSTRACT
Within an increasing sensibility of international scientific community and public opinion about the issue, the recent European Directives in water policy, the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and the Floods Directive 2007/60/EC - that provide legal instruments for protecting and restoring the water environment, as well as for reducing risks to human health, cultural heritage and economic activity - require the States Member to take into account the eventual trend induced by climate change, from which major changes in yearly and seasonal precipitation and water flow, flooding, coastal erosion and water quality arise.
The effects of the climate change on the hydrological cycle are usually carried out by means of climatic models working on a planetary scale and most of all forecast an drying trend in Southern Europe, unlike a wetting trend in the Northern Europe. On the other hand, at regional scale, the expected changes can be rather different, indeed forecast of precipitation and flow changes at river basin scale are less certain, due to large natural variability in these quantities, as well as the limitation of climate models, and assumptions used to downscale information from climate to hydrological models.
It follows that an important role of water managers would be to adopt plans to climate change impacts, individuating methodologies for evaluation of climate variability scenarios in the basins management, both for water scarcity management and for flood risk management in order to apply efficiently long term measures.
While some regions gain from better water management, much of the world’s population increasingly depend on water moved from one river basin to another. New options are explored to achieve this economically and with reduced socio-environmental damage.
As part of the World in 2030 global open foresight project, this point of view shares some perspective on changes ahead.
With climate change, increasing urbanisation, growing contamination, higher water consumption, more intensive farming and rising industrial use in many economies all having significant and combined impact, as the global population approaches 10 billion, but the net amount of water on the planet stays constant, concerns over water stress have been building. With 70% of water used for agriculture, a quarter of humanity is now facing a looming water crisis. A broadening range of urban areas need multiple innovations to provide water to cities throughout the year.
Although better water management and the decreasing cost of desalination are having impact in some regions, in many others, and especially for fast-growing inland cities, the task of ensuring continued water access is mounting. Simply moving water from one river basin to another is not straightforward. It is fraught with technological, environmental, economic and socio-political challenge. There are however several developments underway to enable more effective long-distance movement of water – some focused on building new infrastructure at scale and others looking to imaginatively repurpose existing assets to help meet the inevitable future demand.
Share your views @futureagenda
Presentation hold during EIP Water Conference in Porto, as part of the Porto Water Innovation Week in Session 7 “The water business: Markets, opportunities and employment”
HOW TO PLAN CITIES TO COPE WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.pdfFaga1939
This article aims to present what and how to do to promote cities planning capable of facing extreme weather events. Floods have been recurring in cities in several countries around the world, including Brazil. There is a drastic change in the Earth's climate thanks to global warming, which is contributing to the occurrence of floods in cities that are recurring in an increasingly catastrophic way in their effects. The floods that devastated some cities in western and southern Germany, Henan in China and London in England in 2021 and, currently, in Rio Grande do Sul demonstrate the vulnerability of highly populated areas to catastrophic floods. Water-related disasters caused worldwide losses of US$306 billion between 1980 and 2016. To cope with extreme weather events in cities, flood control must be carried out, which concerns all methods used to reduce or prevent the harmful effects of water action. Structural measures must be adopted with engineering works aimed at correcting and/or preventing problems arising from floods and non-structural measures which are those that seek to prevent and/or reduce the damage and consequences of floods, not through engineering works, but through the introduction of standards, regulations and programs that aim, for example, to regulate land use and occupation, implementation of alert systems and public awareness. The municipal government plays a fundamental role in preventing flooding, floods and floods in cities. To this end, a municipal development master plan must be drawn up that includes, among other measures, the adoption of solutions to minimize or eliminate the risks faced by the population, the systematic identification of risk areas in order to establish population settlement rules. Three bodies are essential in flood prevention actions in a municipality: 1) the municipal civil defense body; 2) the body responsible for the meteorological service responsible for reporting the climate forecast for the city and/or region; and, 3) community civil defense centers, which are people who work voluntarily in civil defense activities.
Cultural Landscapes Preservation at the Interface Of Urban Planning and SprawlIEREK Press
From ancient times, the sea has played a key role in shaping and generating settlements and cities. Thehistoryof civilizations has been marked by the cultural development of human societiesalong coastlines.Accordingly,these territories are harbor of animportantcoastal heritage;that plays a pivotal rolein maintaining the link between the past and the future. In fact, while cities grow and their populations increase, their planning becomes a challenge for sustainable development.Through different forms and mechanisms, coastal sprawlis materialized, by the massive occupation of populations and industrial activities along coastlines. In this vein, coastlines endure many conflicts, which lead to the degradation of cultural and natural resources and may result in loss of cultural identity associated with the presence of cultural landscapes. The paper aims, to discuss planning approaches and challenges related to managing cultural and coastal landscapes, facing the impact of coastal sprawl. The paper is based on a landscape analysis; it interviews the urban, social, juridical and morphological frame.An understanding of urban sprawl throughthe lens of Annaba’s coastline is required for its implicationas a social support of the identity and the history of the city.The paper also examines how the coastalization affects the cultural heritage based on the monograph of one of the valuable French colonial constructions in Algeria. Lastly, the study demonstrates, some keyopportunities for advancing future adjustments, and coastal management approaches.For instance, new tools and more appropriate methodologies that combinethe preservation ofthe coastline and the preservationof the cultural heritage.
Methodology for Identifying Regional Poles under Territorial Engeneering Appr...inventionjournals
This article develop a methodology for identifying regional poles under the concept of Territorial Engineering approach. The objective is to establish a methodology for identifying these poles, using specific social and economics characteristics, using ABC curves to select the productions in order to verify the economic productive vocation. The case study was applied to the areas of influence of the Tocantins Waterway. In the case studied, the strengthening of regional poles has the potential to attract the productive sector and increase the traffic flow, contributing to the viability of investments in the waterway infrastructure.
It is in the cities that the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development converge more intensively, making them necessary to be thought, managed and planned according to the sustainable development model which aims to meet the current needs of the Earth's population without compromising its natural resources, bequeathing them to future generations.
Alzahrani 1Shortage of Water Supply in Lake Havasu City an.docxgalerussel59292
Alzahrani 1
Shortage of Water Supply in Lake Havasu City and Associated Risks to Water
The water, an indispensable resource for the survival of all species, exerts a decisive influence on the quality of living. However, the way water resources are used and managed has led to a level of environmental degradation and to a risk of water shortages that compromise the quality of life of future generations. The researchers say that the water issues in the twenty-first century is largely a management crisis rather a genuine crisis of stress and scarcity (Gleick, 2000). However, for other experts, it is a consequence of a number of ecological problems compounded with other problems related to economic as well as social expansion (Graff & Stroud 1-12). To Varis & Somlyody (2006), the aggravation and the involvedness of water predicament stem from actual availability as well as increased demand problems, and a process of further sectoral management and response to crises and problems without predictive attitude and systemic approach. Matsumura-Tundisi & Tundisi (2008) give emphasis to the need for an integrated, systemic as well as predictive approach to water management with decentralization to the watershed (Anderson, 2001). According to these authors, a consolidated database and transformed in management can be the most effective means to undertake the crisis of water shortage, water pressure as well as deteriorating quality. Considering the significance of the water crisis and its mismanagement, the researcher has chosen the issue of shortage of water supply in Lake Havasu City and associated risks to its water (Graff & Stroud 11).
The primary aim and objective of this research study is to evaluate the significance of water crisis in the Lake Havasu City, and to know the cause of this water supply management crisis. The researcher also has an objective to evaluate the risks associated to the lake water.
The water, an indispensable resource for the survival of all species, exerts a decisive influence on the quality of living. However, the way water resources are used and managed has led to a level of environmental degradation and to a risk of water shortages that compromise the quality of life of future generations (Westenburg et al., 2006. The case of Lake Havasu is also similar like other miss management of water reserve supply. This community living near the lake is positioned in the western Arizona, wherever supply of water is a main concern. Water reserve issues are mainly due the mismanagement of local government management team and planner of the city (Graff & Stroud 10-11).
The research work of Graff & Stroud (2010) has revealed different causes of shortage of water. Graff & Stroud (2010) point out that, in the wide social, environmental and economic twenty-first century, the main processes and problems are the major reasons of the “water crisis” are intense urbanization, growing demand of water, growing the expulsion of p.
HOW TO COPE WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN BRAZILIAN CITIES.pdfFaga1939
This article aims to demonstrate that there are solutions that can be adopted by Brazilian governments at all levels (federal, state and municipal) to protect Brazilian cities affected by extreme weather events as a result of global warming and the consequent global climate change that tends to be catastrophic. Floods have been recurring in Brazilian cities. These events reveal that public authorities do not plan Brazilian cities rationally with the appropriate use of Engineering, among other essential measures. Prevention and correction measures to minimize damage caused by floods are classified, according to their nature, into structural measures that correspond to the works that can be implemented with the execution of engineering works aimed at correcting and/or preventing problems arising of floods and non-structural measures are those that seek the introduction of standards, regulations and programs that aim, for example, to discipline the use and occupation of land in cities, implementation of warning systems and public awareness. It is essential that Brazilian governments at all levels (federal, state and municipal) prepare contingency plans to evacuate populations that may be affected as a result of floods, floods and floods. The municipal government plays a fundamental role in preventing floods in cities. To this end, a municipal development master plan must be drawn up that includes, among other measures, the adoption of solutions to minimize or eliminate the risks faced by the population and the systematic identification of risk areas in order to establish population settlement rules.
Introducing climate change in river basin managementLia Romano
3rd International Meeting on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean
POSTER
ABSTRACT
Within an increasing sensibility of international scientific community and public opinion about the issue, the recent European Directives in water policy, the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and the Floods Directive 2007/60/EC - that provide legal instruments for protecting and restoring the water environment, as well as for reducing risks to human health, cultural heritage and economic activity - require the States Member to take into account the eventual trend induced by climate change, from which major changes in yearly and seasonal precipitation and water flow, flooding, coastal erosion and water quality arise.
The effects of the climate change on the hydrological cycle are usually carried out by means of climatic models working on a planetary scale and most of all forecast an drying trend in Southern Europe, unlike a wetting trend in the Northern Europe. On the other hand, at regional scale, the expected changes can be rather different, indeed forecast of precipitation and flow changes at river basin scale are less certain, due to large natural variability in these quantities, as well as the limitation of climate models, and assumptions used to downscale information from climate to hydrological models.
It follows that an important role of water managers would be to adopt plans to climate change impacts, individuating methodologies for evaluation of climate variability scenarios in the basins management, both for water scarcity management and for flood risk management in order to apply efficiently long term measures.
While some regions gain from better water management, much of the world’s population increasingly depend on water moved from one river basin to another. New options are explored to achieve this economically and with reduced socio-environmental damage.
As part of the World in 2030 global open foresight project, this point of view shares some perspective on changes ahead.
With climate change, increasing urbanisation, growing contamination, higher water consumption, more intensive farming and rising industrial use in many economies all having significant and combined impact, as the global population approaches 10 billion, but the net amount of water on the planet stays constant, concerns over water stress have been building. With 70% of water used for agriculture, a quarter of humanity is now facing a looming water crisis. A broadening range of urban areas need multiple innovations to provide water to cities throughout the year.
Although better water management and the decreasing cost of desalination are having impact in some regions, in many others, and especially for fast-growing inland cities, the task of ensuring continued water access is mounting. Simply moving water from one river basin to another is not straightforward. It is fraught with technological, environmental, economic and socio-political challenge. There are however several developments underway to enable more effective long-distance movement of water – some focused on building new infrastructure at scale and others looking to imaginatively repurpose existing assets to help meet the inevitable future demand.
Share your views @futureagenda
Presentation hold during EIP Water Conference in Porto, as part of the Porto Water Innovation Week in Session 7 “The water business: Markets, opportunities and employment”
HOW TO PLAN CITIES TO COPE WITH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.pdfFaga1939
This article aims to present what and how to do to promote cities planning capable of facing extreme weather events. Floods have been recurring in cities in several countries around the world, including Brazil. There is a drastic change in the Earth's climate thanks to global warming, which is contributing to the occurrence of floods in cities that are recurring in an increasingly catastrophic way in their effects. The floods that devastated some cities in western and southern Germany, Henan in China and London in England in 2021 and, currently, in Rio Grande do Sul demonstrate the vulnerability of highly populated areas to catastrophic floods. Water-related disasters caused worldwide losses of US$306 billion between 1980 and 2016. To cope with extreme weather events in cities, flood control must be carried out, which concerns all methods used to reduce or prevent the harmful effects of water action. Structural measures must be adopted with engineering works aimed at correcting and/or preventing problems arising from floods and non-structural measures which are those that seek to prevent and/or reduce the damage and consequences of floods, not through engineering works, but through the introduction of standards, regulations and programs that aim, for example, to regulate land use and occupation, implementation of alert systems and public awareness. The municipal government plays a fundamental role in preventing flooding, floods and floods in cities. To this end, a municipal development master plan must be drawn up that includes, among other measures, the adoption of solutions to minimize or eliminate the risks faced by the population, the systematic identification of risk areas in order to establish population settlement rules. Three bodies are essential in flood prevention actions in a municipality: 1) the municipal civil defense body; 2) the body responsible for the meteorological service responsible for reporting the climate forecast for the city and/or region; and, 3) community civil defense centers, which are people who work voluntarily in civil defense activities.
Cultural Landscapes Preservation at the Interface Of Urban Planning and SprawlIEREK Press
From ancient times, the sea has played a key role in shaping and generating settlements and cities. Thehistoryof civilizations has been marked by the cultural development of human societiesalong coastlines.Accordingly,these territories are harbor of animportantcoastal heritage;that plays a pivotal rolein maintaining the link between the past and the future. In fact, while cities grow and their populations increase, their planning becomes a challenge for sustainable development.Through different forms and mechanisms, coastal sprawlis materialized, by the massive occupation of populations and industrial activities along coastlines. In this vein, coastlines endure many conflicts, which lead to the degradation of cultural and natural resources and may result in loss of cultural identity associated with the presence of cultural landscapes. The paper aims, to discuss planning approaches and challenges related to managing cultural and coastal landscapes, facing the impact of coastal sprawl. The paper is based on a landscape analysis; it interviews the urban, social, juridical and morphological frame.An understanding of urban sprawl throughthe lens of Annaba’s coastline is required for its implicationas a social support of the identity and the history of the city.The paper also examines how the coastalization affects the cultural heritage based on the monograph of one of the valuable French colonial constructions in Algeria. Lastly, the study demonstrates, some keyopportunities for advancing future adjustments, and coastal management approaches.For instance, new tools and more appropriate methodologies that combinethe preservation ofthe coastline and the preservationof the cultural heritage.
Methodology for Identifying Regional Poles under Territorial Engeneering Appr...inventionjournals
This article develop a methodology for identifying regional poles under the concept of Territorial Engineering approach. The objective is to establish a methodology for identifying these poles, using specific social and economics characteristics, using ABC curves to select the productions in order to verify the economic productive vocation. The case study was applied to the areas of influence of the Tocantins Waterway. In the case studied, the strengthening of regional poles has the potential to attract the productive sector and increase the traffic flow, contributing to the viability of investments in the waterway infrastructure.
1. Desentupidora Porto Alegre PreçO
Importance:The effects of recruitment maneuvers and positive end-expiratory pressure
(PEEP) titration on clinical outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) remain uncertain. Ecotourism is very popular in the Germanesque cities of Gramado
and Canela ; their cold weather is among their attractions for internal tourism Tourism is also
high in the wine regions of the state, principally Caxias do Sul and Bento Gonçalves The
pampas of the native Brazilian Gaúcho are both a national and international curiosity to
tourists and their customs are alive in the capital city of Porto Alegre as well as in the cities of
the "interior" or western Rio Grande do Sul such as Santa Maria and Passo Fundo The state
is also home to the historic São Miguel das Missões , the ruins of an 18th-century Jesuit
Mission.
São Paulo, October 3, 2016 - To encourage concrete actions for the reduction of water
losses in the distribution system, the "Less Loss, More Water Movement" - an initiative by
desentupidora em porto alegre rs the UN Global Compact Brazil Network, led by Braskem
and Sanasa - launched on Tuesday (4), a primer presenting cases of Brazilian cities that
have dramatically reduced waste.
Meanwhile, SuDS are stormwater management installations based on natural hydrological
processes which often utilise vegetated land surfaces (Woods-Ballard et al., 2007 ). These
SuDS components help attenuate flood impacts by temporarily storing water, often filtering
the pollutants at source and encouraging infiltration of stormwater into the ground.
During the Brazilian Colonial period, the province of South Rio Grande was the scene of
small wars and border skirmishes between Portugal and Spain for the region, the
Sacramento Colony , and the Guarani Missions It was also a focal point for internal rebellions
in the 19th and the early 20th centuries.
These systems form critical infrastructure to support the soft infrastructure of social linkages
and economic production (Bloomfield et al., 2010 ; Carlsson et al., 2013 ). In particular, the
UK summer floods in 2007, and the more recent winter floods in 2013-2014, exposed some
of the interactions across the urban system: flooding blocked roads and therefore disrupted
emergency services and the transport of demountable flood barriers, which further delayed
effective flood responses (Lyall, 2013 ). The floods also led to power cuts which impacted
other services and their recovery (Booth, 2012 ), directly affected water treatment works and
water delivery services (Chatterton et al., 2010 ; Welter et al., 2010 ), destroyed crops (Morris
& Brewin, 2014 ) and perturbed natural ecosystems (Merz et al., 2010 ). Localised urban
flooding from surcharged sewers also exerts impacts on homes and businesses outside
coastal and fluvial floodplains (Dawson et al., 2008 ).
As claimed by several authors, the water use rights market in Spain has had a rather limited
development, not fulfilling its potential because of the near trade limitation in the most critical
periods of drought, almost disappearing during higher water availability periods.
An ecological study was carried out using aggregated data by municipality to analyze the
situation of leptospirosis in all 496 municipalities (corresponding to the second subnational
administrative level) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012.
2. After 20 years of research and application, sustainable drainage in Spain is still behind other
countries in spite of the efforts to change this situation, notably by the University of Cantabria
with 10 years of experience in these techniques, mainly regarding pervious pavements,
where more than 13 related research projects have been carried out.
In 2007, and continuing this line, the researchers started the project Design, control and
monitoring of a linear system of sustainable drainage,” which aims to complete the line by
adding the study of a linear SUDS application in roads and car park.
Another noteworthy networking activity, probably the most important in Spain, was the
celebration of the International Exposition (EXPO) in the Spanish city of Zaragoza in 2008,
with the name of Water and Sustainable Development,” which raised awareness of the
scarcity of water, the necessity of water as life support, water landscapes and the use of
water for relations among people.
This paper examines the municipal solid waste management practice in the Greater Accra
Metropolitan Area focusing on the dynamics of urban hydrology, dynamics of urban drainage
and flood control management and the effects of urban waste management on the
hydrological cycle.
The costs became clear in the proposals for the Ebro River transfer in the National
Hydrological Plan of 2000, leading later governments to abandon the idea under the strong
social pressures coordinated by the New Water Culture” movement ( MARTÍNEZ GIL, 1997
). In addition, exchanges would have the advantages of being able to reinforce the water
economic dimension for users, motivate rational water use because it is a scarce resource,
and prevent situations of use restriction in scarcity periods in urban areas close to irrigated
zones.