The scarcity and uneven distribution of precipitation stations in the inland river basins of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau restrict the application of the distributed hydrological model and spatial analysis of water balance component characteristics. This study used the upper Heihe River Basin as a case study, and daily gridded precipitation data with 3 km resolution based on the spatial int...

Abstract Water scarcity threatens people in various regions, and has predominantly been studied from a water quantity perspective only. Here we show that global is driven by both quality issues, quantify expansions clean technologies (i.e. desalination treated wastewater reuse) to ‘reduce the number of suffering scarcity’ as urgently required UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6. Including tempe...

Within the context of climate change, water scarcity is the major constraint to the viability of many crops. Thus, it is necessary to develop strategies for sustainable water management, and introduce alternative crops to sustain the viability of agro-ecosystems. The main objective of this work was to assess the performance of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) subjected to different plant densities and...

Present water scarcity is a severe problem and cause of deterioration in quality and productivity of crops to reduce crop yield in arid and semi-arid regions. Silicon is known to better the deleterious effects of drought on plant growth and development. Silicon (Si) found to be an agronomically important fertilizer element that enhances plant tolerance to abiotic stresses (Liang et al., 2005). ...

the continuous spread of distributed energy resources (ders) such as combined heating and power (chp), diesel generators, boilers and renewable energy sources provide an effective solution to energy related problems to serve the power and heat demands with minimum cost. moreover, the ders may play a significant role for supplying power and heat in rural areas, where grid electricity is not avai...

in this study we investigated the impacts of population increase on life quality, with a special focus on its impact on the natural resources and environmental issues. this analysis was conducted using data over a 16 year period. since water is one of the most important factors contributing to the growth and development of countries, the increase in population size, industry sector growth, urba...