Description: Das Projekt "Climate Change, Mountain Hydrology and Institutional Constraints: International and Local Dimensions" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Transportsysteme durchgeführt. A crucial vulnerability faced by the international community in the near future will be access to fresh water in sufficient quantity and of adequate quality to meet increasing and more diverse needs of a growing world population. Mountains have always held a privileged relationship with water, as the sources of the world's greatest rivers and as the home of the great reserves of water held in glaciers.Major global forces nevertheless threaten these mountain reservoirs. Climate change is predicted to modify quantities of water available as well as shift its seasonality. It is likely that even greater challenges will come from the dynamics of human behavior. Population growth is perhaps the most obvious threat to sufficient water supply but it goes hand in hand with changing norms and evolving activities, leading to increasing competition among use for agriculture, industry, leisure, and domestic activities. Influencing production and distribution are societal rules and norms such as pricing schemes, regulations, and property rights that determine who gets how much water and when. Appropriate solutions to oversee water use will contribute to efficient and equitable distribution. Poor management can aggravate shortages, increase social and economic disparities, and is a potential source of deadly international conflict.Mountain regions are generally considered to be the 'water towers of the world' not only because they receive important quantities of precipitation, but also because this water is then stored there in the form of snow and ice. Populations living in mountains have a very long history of overseeing this precious resource and can be the source of important knowledge about solving the dilemmas of managing a public good that knows no boundaries and can therefore be diverted and traded. Resources governed by natural processes in this way become inextricably linked with political and economic forces. (...)
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SupportProgram
Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Gebirgsfluss ? Fluss ? Zürich ? Bevölkerungswachstum ? Rohwasser ? Brunnen ? Wohngebäude ? Gletscher ? Grundstücksrecht ? Regenwasser ? Regulierung ? Schmelzwasser ? Süßwasser ? Industrie ? Regenwassermanagement ? Berg ? Bewässerung ? Eigentum ? Management ? Mensch ? Schnee ? Verkehrsplanung ? Versorgung ? Wassernutzung ? Wasserspeicher ? Wasserversorgung ? Wasser ? Internationaler Konflikt ? Weltbevölkerung ? Population ? Norm ? Hydrologie ? Klimawandel ? Landwirtschaft ? Öffentliche Güter ? Bepreisung ? Privathaushalt ? Ressource ? Verkehrssystem ? Wasserressourcen ? Bedarf ? Gebiet ? Gebirge ? Globale Aspekte ? Bevölkerung ? Rechte ? Produktion ? VERTEILUNG ? GEMEINSCHAFT ? BEDROHT ? Bemessung ? VORGABE ? Vermehrung ? WICHTIG ? HAEUSLICH ? Wassermenge ? Water Resources Engineering ? ZUGANG ? LOESUNG ? Betriebsvorschrift ? NEU ? GRENZE ? OEKONOMISCH ? POLITISCH ? EINSATZ ? Eigentumsordnung ? POTENZIAL ? FORMBLAETTER ? GELOEST ? PRAEZIPITATION ? VERFUEGBAR ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2003-10-23 - 2008-12-31
Webseite zum Förderprojekt
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