A decrease in rainfall means there is less water in aquifers and the water table. This means the supply of water has decreased. A warmer climate also means more water evaporates from seas and oceans. This can be bad as it can increase the number of floods which destroys infrastructure. Another factor that can affect water supply is urban development and over extraction.
There are many disadvantages to hard engineering that can effect not only the environment but people. The main disadvantages to hard engineering are that for one they are very aesthetically displeasing to some people and can take up a vast amount of room. Two, they are incredibly expensive for the amount that is usually used. Another problem is that if a sea wall breaks during a storm then the effects of that storm will seem a lot worse just like in river’s where if a levee breaks during a flood the effects are a lot worse. Another thing with hard engineering, going back to the costs is that not all of the countries in the world can afford to have hard engineering management strategies.
The benefits of globalization are unevenly distributed, and it causes hardship for poorer countries. The gap is widening between developed and developing countries. About two-thirds of the developing countries remain on the margins of the globalization process and are considered "nonglobalizers." Globalization can result in unemployment as businesses relocate operations to lower-cost areas. Many of these outsourced jobs don't pay decent enough wages to lift workers out of poverty.
Profits are short lived, with little money staying in the community. Large landowners who have benefited are likely to leave town. While some reap financial benefits, the entire community must pay for damages and to clean up a degraded environment. Runoff and erosion at drilling sites may increase sediment and nutrient loads in streams and rivers. This, in turn, can affect habitat quality for plants and animals that live downstream.
This lack of continuity has been shown to lead to poorer health outcomes, as a result of late intervention, focusing on illness rather than wellness and as well as being frustrating to patients and their care providers it increases costs. (APGN, 2009). So what is primary health care and why is it the better outcome for provision of our
Another physical factor is whether the country has space which stores extra water such as aquifer, as this can be something for a country to use if the main water supply does potentially run out. For example Mexico has a low amount of water stress due to having a large aquifer underground, where as Saudi Arabia has a high water stress level because it has no alternative water supply. Climate change is large physical factor which contributes to the pattern of water stress as it can cause climates to become extreme. For example, in Indonesia climate change has increased the amount of
The main criticism of these schemes is the fact that the money which is supposedly meant to aid the poorest people in the country who are most in need is actually diverted to those who are richer instead. This is apparent through some of the major failures of the structural adjustment programmes which are loans lent to countries that are in extremely desperate situations. Benin for example, has endured severe economic instability, partly due to the SAP provided to the country as it encouraged them to export the raw materials they had instead of manufacturing them. This essentially prevented the country from developing its economy as ultimately jobs were provided in manufacturing elsewhere. This loan led to a widening in the gap between the rich and the poor which became increasingly apparent due to Benin accepting the SAP.
Just because the dams are 40% it is clearly illogical for residence to be able to use whatever level of water consumption they please. Dams will deplete inevitably. According to the Queensland Chief Water Commissioner Elizabeth Nosworthy, if residence of the East Coast used jus 10 minutes extra water than they need, 150 million liters of water from just 1 dam will be wasted per week. Forcing level 6 water restrictions to be implemented in just a few weeks. “What the
As this is a key feature of desertification it then means that the land for both these reasons is not able to be used and causing desertification to spread. These problems will continue to develop, not allowing the environment or soil to ever become sustainable. These problems are substantially higher as population increase is occurring at an extremely high rate. Currently the population is 260 million and is meant to double ever 20 years. This issue has been a larger struggle due to the harsh climate.
Klamath Crisis In 2001, the Klamath water crisis occurred in the Klamath region of Southern Oregon. For the first time, the Endangered Species Act caused a large scale restriction of water delivery from a federal project. Although this action became highly controversial after the scientific basis upon which this decision was made was criticized, it was clear that the challenges facing the basin needed to be dealt with. For decades water demand had outstripped supply, irrigation methods were inefficient and the ecosystem was in a state of total degradation. Farmers, Indian tribes and environmentalists all were fighting for the water and for their ideal of what life in the Klamath Basin should look like.