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1 Brauch, H. G.; Spring, U. O.; Grin, J.; Mesjasz, C.; Kameri-Mbote, P.; Behera, N. C.; Chourou, B.; Krummenacher, H. (Eds.) 2009. Facing global environmental change: environmental, human, energy, food, health and water security concepts. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 1586p. (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace Vol. 4)
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2 Servat, E.; Demuth, S.; Dezetter, A.; Daniell, T.; Ferrari, E.; Ijjaali, M.; Jabrane, R.; Van Lanen, H.; Huang, Y. (Eds.) 2010. Global change: facing risks and threats to water resources. Proceedings of the Sixth World FRIEND Conference, Fez, Morocco, 25-29 October 2010. Wallingford, UK: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). 698p. (IAHS Publication 340)
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3 de Blij, H. J.; Muller, P. O. 2002. Geography: realms, regions, and concepts. 10th ed. New York, NY, USA: John Wiley. 563p. + appendixes.
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Subsurface flow is an important component of the catchment hydrological cycle. Various mechanisms of this process and their role in storm-flow generation attracted the attention of many researchers throughout the twentieth century. The results of most of these studies are well documented. However, similar studies conducted in the past by many Russian hydrologists have never been made available to the English speaking hydrological community. This paper attempts to fill this gap and briefly review some of these investigations, focusing on their main results. It starts with the review of the early experimental studies (after 1930s–1950s), which allow the main characteristics of subsurface storm flow to be established. This is followed by a review of the research conducted in 1960s, which resulted in some conceptualization of the subsurface flow mechanisms. The paper also draws some parallels between this, mostly unknown, subsurface flow research in Russia and the better-known contemporary studies of this process.
5 Wescoat, J. L. Jr; White, G. F. 2003. Water for life : water management and environmental policy. New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. 322p.
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6 Wegerich, K. 2001. Not a simple path a sustainable future for Central Asia. London, UK: University of London. Water Issues Study Group School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). 21p. (SOAS Occasional Paper no. 28)
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8 Scott, J. C. 1998. Seeing like a state: how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press. 445p. (Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Series)
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10 Global Water Intelligence (GWI). 2013. Global water market 2014: meeting the world's water and wastewater needs until 2018. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Media Analytics Ltd. 459p. + 1CD.
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11 Global Water Intelligence (GWI). 2012. Global water and wastewater quality regulations 2012: the essential guide to compliance and developing trends. Oxford, UK: Media Analytics Ltd. 618p.
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12 Kogan, F.; Powell, A. M. Jr.; Fedorov, O. (Eds.) 2009. Use of satellite and In-Situ data to improve sustainability: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Using Satellite Data and In-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability, Kiev, Ukraine, 9-12 June 2009. 313p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - C: Environmental Security)
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13 Spinosa, L. (Ed.) 2011. Wastewater sludge: a global overview of the current status and future prospects. 2nd ed. London, UK: IWA Publishing. 92p.
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16 Fan, S.; Olofinbiyi, T. 2013. Role of emerging countries in climate-smart agriculture. In Brittlebank, W.; Saunders, J. (Eds.). Climate action 2013-2014. [Produced for COP19 - United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013]. London, UK: Climate Action; Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). pp.121-124.
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The risk of river pollution due to washout (removal of pollutants) from contaminated floodplain water bodies (floodplain lakes and quarries whose origin is related to the large-scale mining of nonmetallic building materials in the floodplain zone) during high magnitude flood periods is analyzed using a combination of one-, two- and three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling and in situ measurements. The modeling performed for the floodplain water bodies contaminated by N compounds shows that during large magnitude floods washout occurs. The washout process consists of two stages: an initial rapid stage lasting about two hours during which the upper (3–4 m thick) layer is washed out, followed by a second stage when the concentration of NH4-N in the floodplain water body remains nearly constant. The maximum contaminant concentration in the river in the vicinity of a water intake for drinking water located 21 km downstream is attained about 9 h from the beginning of the flood; concentration of NH4-N can reach values several times larger than acceptable concentration guidelines. The initial primary peak in contaminant concentration at the water intake is followed by a slight decrease in contaminant concentration; a second peak related to the contaminant transport through the inundated floodplain subsequently occurs, after which the concentration slowly decreases, reaching acceptable values after 30–40 h. Contaminated floodplain water bodies located near drinking water supply systems are not significant sources of contamination during small and moderate floods, but during high magnitude floods, they can become sources of water pollution. Operational measures that can decrease potential health risks are discussed.
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The recent Russia–Ukraine conflict has raised significant concerns about global food security, leaving many countries with restricted access to imported staple food crops, particularly wheat and sunflower oil, sending food prices soaring with other adverse consequences in the food supply chain. This detrimental effect is particularly prominent for low-income countries relying on grain imports, with record-high food prices and inflation affecting their livelihoods. This review discusses the role of Russia and Ukraine in the global food system and the impact of the Russia–Ukraine conflict on food security. It also highlights how diversifying four areas of agrifood systems—markets, production, crops, and technology can contribute to achieving food supply chain resilience for future food security and sustainability.
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This paper analysed the effect of freshwater withdrawals and management on agricultural and industrial sectors productivity in the emerging market economies. The auto-regressive distributed lag model and the panel analyses were employed in our estimations. Our result revealed that Brazil had better water use efficiency in agricultural production with annual withdrawals which contribute significantly and positively to the increase in crop and livestock index. In contrast, annual withdrawals for agriculture were considered to be least efficient in Russia, followed by China and India, although, in South Africa, the result suggested an insignificant positive effect in the incremental index. Furthermore, our analysis revealed that freshwater withdrawals have a significant positive impact on industrial outputs in South Africa. Similarly, water withdrawals were positively related to industrial sector productivity in China and Russia. Brazil and India appear to be the least efficient countries where withdrawals impacted negatively (and significantly for Brazil) on industrial sector outputs. Our panel analyses showed that freshwater withdrawals were positively associated with crop and livestock production index and industrial outputs in the BRICS economies. However, the magnitude of the impacts was only significant for the industrial sector. Moreover, investments and private participation in water and sanitation projects impacted significantly and positively in productivity in both sectors.
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