science technology and management issues

... just a few Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues is an attempt to explain the complexities of drought and the role of science, technology, and management in resolving ... Hazard: Understanding the Natural and Social Context Donald A Wilhite and Margie Buchanan-Smith PART II Chapter Drought and Water Management: The Role of Science and Technology The Challenge of ... Climate Change, and Vulnerability: The Role of Science and Technology in a Multi-Scale, Multi-Stressor World 215 Colin Polsky and David W Cash PART III Case Studies in Drought and Water Management: ...

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... (3-month) rainfall and temperatures (maximum and minimum) This methodology (Drosdowsky and Chambers, 1998) involves: Identification of predictands (e.g., rainfall and temperature) and possible predictors ... 37 and the ocean and in the way in which the atmosphere interacts with, or is coupled to, the various underlying surfaces These advances in knowledge, combined with an expanded range of data and ... Events and context: Frameworks for the analysis of the famine process In: HG Bohle, T Cannon, G Hugo, FN Ibrahim, eds Famine and Food Security in Africa and Asia: Indigenous Response and External...

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... INTEGRATE SCIENCE AND POLICY An essential aspect of the planning process is integrating the science and policy of drought management The policy maker’s understanding of the scientific issues and technical ... broad range of science and policy issues Integration of science and policy during the planning process will also be useful in setting research priorities and synthesizing current understanding The ... groups, regions, and communities Steps and detail the need for ongoing research and coordination between scientists and policy makers Steps and stress the importance of promoting and testing the...

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... planning and risk management approach” and to “act to preserve the social and physical resource base of rural Australia” in cases of severe downturn (Agricultural Council of Australia and New Zealand, ... scientists and managers to enhance observation networks, monitoring, prediction, information delivery, and applied research and to foster public understanding of and preparedness for drought Develop and ... Agricultural management issues related to drought Unpublished input paper for Task Team on Drought and other Agricultural Disasters, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs, 1997 National Academy of Sciences...

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... climate and in a desert? (Figure 1) Water waste and delayed drought management that resist calls for large-scale and aggressive conservation action hurt economies, too Tourism, recreational, and ... Smith and Vickers, 1999; Vickers, 2001) Hardware measures, such as leak repairs, low-volume toilets, and more efficient cooling and heating systems, will result in long-term demand reductions and ... water losses) Leak repair and maintenance (e.g., leaking toilets and dripping faucets) Conservation-oriented rates, rebates, and program and policy incentives Water-efficient landscape design (e.g.,...

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... change (e.g., Kelly and Adger, 2000; Polsky et al., 2003; Turner et al., 2003 and Schröter et al 2005) and the role of science and technology institutions in natural resource management (e.g., ... in general And there is a smaller but growing literature on the specific topics of how institutions link (a) science and technology to natural resource and environmental management and (b) actors ... drought, and local management efforts (Keohane and Levy, 1996; Keohane et al., 1994; Young, 1999) But how institutions relate to S&T production and use, and how, for issues such as drought management, ...

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... the breadth and complexity of the water management issues and the role of climate in these contexts The four examples are in: (1) the border region: international issues; (2) Arizona and California: ... joint use of surface and groundwater) and water quality II SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXTS Demographic, legal, and environmental changes can and have disrupted existing relationships and current perspectives ... INTERVENTIONS AND CLIMATE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS The three major elements of western states’ water future are (1) conservation and demand management, (2) municipal–agricultural cooperation, and (3) supply...

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... project” (in Chinese) Science and Technology Review 9–10:12, 2002 Liu Chang Ming, Chen Zhi Kai The Assessment of China’s Water Resources and the Trend of Water Supply and Demand (in Chinese) (pp ... 11:25 AM Drought and Water Management • • • • • 337 cal Department and reporting drought information to the government and public Organizing the preparation of a drought relief scheme and supervising ... 2005 11:25 AM Drought and Water Management 341 It should be pointed out that overestimates of water demand in the past exaggerated the estimated gap between water supply and demand In the early 1980s,...

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... cropping regimes—irrigated cotton with winter wheat rotation, dryland sorghum and winter wheat rotation, and dryland cotton and winter wheat rotation Production costs are incurred on crop planting, ... and understanding of the term and the forms of seasonal forecasting were highly variable, ranging from a good understanding to little or misguided awareness Participants seemed to misunderstand ... dryland and high-equity versus mortgage participants Significant benefit from research and development in climate risk management can only be realized if it produces tools that match users’ needs and...

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... Water Demand (Irrigation) Industry Water Demand* 5,393 1,079 27,863 22,290 1,920 Consumptive Industrial Water Demand Energy Water Demand Consumptive Energy Water Demand Total Water Demand Total ... AM Droughts and Water Stress Situations in Spain TABLE 375 Annual Freshwater Abstraction in Spain, by Sector Urban Water Demand Consumptive Urban Water Demand Agricultural Water Demand (Irrigation) ... total water demand in Spain is shown in Figure Once maps of potential water resource supply and demand have been drawn up, they can be compared to identify existing imbalance and its territorial...

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... hoped, point toward some real and potential solutions The contributors to this volume have addressed a wide range of science, technology, and management issues in theory and practice Building awareness ... resources management, and disaster prevention, preparedness, and management New technologies will continue to provide the backbone of our efforts But only a rational and informed political, social and ... cycle of disaster management, depicting the interconnectedness or linkages between crisis and risk management The traditional crisis management approach has been largely ineffective, and there are...

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... preparation), the physiology and biochemistry of nutrition and metabolism, molecular biology, genetics and biotechnology, via social sciences and the law, anthropology and epidemiology to clinical ... food allergens include milk and eggs (and their products), wheat, soya, nuts, shellfish and fruits, and also, to a lesser extent, sunflower and cottonseeds, molluscs and certain beans Allergens ... definitions and a directory of dehydrated foods It is an ideal reference work for students of food science as well as a quick and easy source of information for food science professionals Food, diet and...

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... process and fermentation of milk, as well as in the manufacture of vitamins and amino acids and a variety of enzymes and hormones Between 45 and 85% of the dry matter of bacteria is protein, and ... are: (1) green and yellow vegetables; (2) oranges, grapefruit, tomatoes and raw salads; (3) potatoes and other vegetables and fruits; (4) milk and cheese; (5) meat, poultry, fish and eggs; (6) ... in the hands and feet and ascending the arms and legs, with a loss of sensation and deep muscle pain There is also enlargement of the heart, which may lead to oedema (wet beriberi), and death...

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... carcinogen; cachexia candelilla wax A hydrocarbon wax from the candelilla plant (Euphorbia cerifera) Used as a lubricant and surface finishing agent in chewing gum and hard candy CanderelTM The sweetener ... aspartame, in tablets Candida Genus of yeasts that inhabit the gut C albicans can, under some circumstances, cause candidiasis (thrush) in the vagina, mouth and skin folds candy (1) Crystallised ... carob Seeds and pod of the tree Ceratonia siliqua, also known as locust bean and St John’s bread It contains a sweet pulp which is rich in sugar and gums, as well as containing 21% protein and 1.5%...

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... consumption of sugars and reducing weight, or by the use of oral drugs which stimulate insulin secretion and/ or enhance the insulin responsiveness of tissues (sulphonylureas and biguanides) It is ... individuals and groups; plans menus and special diets; supervises the preparation and serving of meals; instructs in the principles of nutrition as applied to selection of foods In UK the training and ... deoxyribonucleotides, the purine bases adenine and guanine, and the pyrimidine bases thymidine and cytidine, linked to deoxyribose phosphate The sugar-phosphates form a double stranded helix, with the bases paired...

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... endocrine glands Those (ductless) glands that produce and secrete hormones, including the thyroid gland (secreting thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine), pancreas (insulin and glucagon), adrenal glands (adrenaline, ... preserved cherries, sausages and meat and fish pastes; it is unstable to light and heat esculin See aesculin ESPEN European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and Metabolism, now called ... objectives are ‘raising the levels of nutrition and standards of living and securing improvements in the efficiency of production and distribution of all food and agricultural products.’ Web site http://www.fao.org/...

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... storage, distribution and preparation for consumption Hence food scientist food technology The application of science and technology to the treatment, processing, preservation and distribution of ... of diet food science The study of the basic chemical, physical, biochemical and biophysical properties of foods and their constituents, and of changes that these may undergo during handling, preservation, ... and 5% fusel oil, a mixture of organic acids, higher alcohols (propyl, butyl and amyl), aldehydes and esters, known collectively as congeners Present in low concentration in wines and beer, and...

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... decoctions and tinctures prepared from medicinal plants gallates Salts and esters of gallic acid, found in many plants Used in making dyes and inks, and medicinally as an astringent Propyl, octyl and ... seeds and sometimes also coriander and/ or bay leaf garbanzo See chickpea garbellers 15th century; people appointed by the Grocers’ Company of London to inspect spices and other groceries, and destroy ... cellulose and glycogen glucose A six-carbon monosaccharide sugar (hexose), with the chemical formula C6H12O6, occurring free in plant and animal tissues and formed by the hydrolysis of starch and glycogen...

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... included, and emulsifiers such as polysorbate and monoglycerides Mono- and diglycerides bind the looser globules of water and are added in ‘non-drip’ ice cream ice, eutectic See eutectic ice Iceland ... Statistics) standards See also nchs standards; tanner standards 232 HarvestPlus International research initiative coordinated by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the International ... difference Caused by gums derived from the barley, leucoanthocyanins and tannins from the malt and hops, and glucose, pentoses and amino acids See also chillproofing hazel nut Fruit of the tree Corylus...

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