Water in the Americas

Water is a recurrent issue throughout the Americas. The context of global change renders it even more acute: the vagaries of rainfall in a changing climate, growing demand from ever increasing populations and the development of high consumption agricultural and industrial activities are making the...

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Glavni autori: Dubreuil, Vincent, Le Tourneau, François-Michel
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: IdeAs 2020
Online pristup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sažetak:Water is a recurrent issue throughout the Americas. The context of global change renders it even more acute: the vagaries of rainfall in a changing climate, growing demand from ever increasing populations and the development of high consumption agricultural and industrial activities are making the equation between offer and demand more and more tricky to balance. Over the last two decades, extreme episodes of either drought or excess precipitation have become more frequent and led to success...