Low-maintenance subtropical green roofs. Spontaneous vegetation and substrate deph by Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite, Lucas Gobatti, Isabela Gamba Huttenlocher

“…In addition to providing a wide range of Ecosystem Services, such species can survive in environments altered by humans and withstand conditions adverse to them, such as water scarcity and shallow substrate. The paper aims to systematically identify the effects exerted by substrate depth during the first months of vegetation growth using the Point-Intercept method in low-maintenance extensive green roofs. …”
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes

“… Water pollution and drought in the United States have made water scarcity a widespread concern. Currently, residential consumers account for most urban water use, and meaningful programs that lead to water conservation rely on a comprehensive understanding of how consumers use water inside and outside their homes. …”
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes

“… Water pollution and drought in the United States have made water scarcity a widespread concern. Currently, residential consumers account for most urban water use, and meaningful programs that lead to water conservation rely on a comprehensive understanding of how consumers use water inside and outside their homes. …”
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Who Is Interested in Purchasing Smart Irrigation Systems? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Caroline Warwick, Michael Dukes

“… Water scarcity concerns have led to revolutionary new smart technologies for residential landscape irrigation, including evapotranspiration and soil-moisture sensor systems. …”
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Who Is Interested in Purchasing Smart Irrigation Systems? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Caroline Warwick, Michael Dukes

“… Water scarcity concerns have led to revolutionary new smart technologies for residential landscape irrigation, including evapotranspiration and soil-moisture sensor systems. …”
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Rainwater and fog harvesting from solar panels by I. Alazzam, K. Shatanawi, R. Al-Weshah

“…The scarcity of water resources in Jordan is driving the development and advances of non-conventional water techniques that enable integrated management of water resources in addressing water scarcity challenges and promoting sustainable water use. …”
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Going, going, gone: Landscape drying reduces wetland function across the American West by J. Patrick Donnelly, Johnnie N. Moore, John S. Kimball, Kelsey Jencso, Mark Petrie, David E. Naugle

“…Ecosystems are rapidly transforming into non-historical configurations as a nearly inevitable consequence of climate and land use change. Water scarcity, in particular, is emerging as a new and powerful threat, forcing wetland ecosystems into altered functional states as the frequency and duration of their inundation diminish. …”
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Accessibility, equity and the sharing of water resources by Rémi Schweizer

“…The present paper makes both a conceptual and empirical contribution to this debate by analysing a system of distribution that has a long experience of water scarcity management: the community governance models traditionally linked to the irrigation channels, or bisses, typical of the Swiss Alpine canton of Valais. …”
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Global water gaps under future warming levels by Lorenzo Rosa, Matteo Sangiorgio

“…Robust water management strategies are needed to tackle the escalating water scarcity caused by global warming.…”
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Adaptation portfolio – a multi-measure framework for future floods and droughts by Saritha Padiyedath Gopalan, Naota Hanasaki, Adisorn Champathong, Taikan Oki

“…Two portfolios mitigated future water scarcity to the present level but failed to eliminate extreme floods. …”
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Innovative Technologies for Improved Water Productivity and Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Resilience: A Review by E. Oiganji, H. Igbadun, P. S. Amaza, R. Z. Lenka

“… Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, poses severe challenges to agriculture, food security, and sustainable development, particularly in vulnerable regions. …”
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Water fetching and musculoskeletal health across the life-course in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Soren Meeuwisse, Susan J Elliott, Alexa Bennett, Videsh Kapoor

“…The world is experiencing a global water crisis and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to be a hotspot for increasing global water scarcity in years to come. Water is quintessentially a gendered issue; indeed, sociocultural norms hold women responsible for household water collection, requiring them to travel far distances while carrying water. …”
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Applying of Marine Predators Algorithm Linked with Reservoir Simulation Model considering Sedimentation for Reservoir Operation by Ratsuda Ngamsert, Anongrit Kangrang

“…Furthermore, the new optimal rule curves using HR criteria were able to alleviate both water scarcity and excess water situations better than both existing rule curves and optimal rule curves using SOP in terms of minimal average water shortage. …”
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Groundwater utilization and its environmental sustainability in coastal aquifers of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India by M C Jayaprakash, Ekaputra Rinaldi, Channabasappa K.

“…In many regions of the world, the pressures of economic development are creating a surface water scarcity. Study of groundwater sustainability– like to remind people that most of the world’s available freshwater is stored underground. …”
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Stochastic process-based drought monitoring and assessment system: A temporal switched weights approach for accurate and precise drought determination. by Muhammad Asif Khan, Sergey Barykin, Dmitry Karpov, Nikita Lukashevich, Akram Ochilov, Rizwan Munir

“…Drought is a recurring climate phenomenon that naturally occurs in all climate regions and leads to prolonged periods of water scarcity. The primary cause of water shortages is inadequate precipitation, which can be influenced by meteorological factors such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation patterns. …”
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The effect of irrigation practice and water consumption using aqua-crop by M.D. Teweldebrihan, M.O. Dinka

“…This aspect holds particular significance in regions facing water scarcity.…”
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Efficient radiative cooling based on spectral regulation and atmospheric water harvesting with sunflower design by Tao Ma, Jiangbo Wu, Xiaoze Du, Shujun Liu

“…This study provides an effective solution to alleviate water scarcity in arid regions.…”
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Verification of the Efficiency of Alternative Furrow Irrigation on Water Productivity and Onion Yield at Woleh Irrigation Scheme, Northern Ethiopia by messay Abera, Aemro Wale

“…Therefore AFI at 75% ETc was superior in yield and water productivity in areas with water scarcity and high labor costs.…”
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Multifaceted changes in water availability with a warmer climate by Binglan Gu, Sha Zhou, Bofu Yu, Kirsten L. Findell, Benjamin R. Lintner

“…Low-seasonality regions exhibit faster wet-season increases and more rapid dry-season decreases in soil moisture, heightening the likelihood of water scarcity and drought. Conversely, dry regions with high seasonality are less sensitive to climate change. …”
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Integration of smart water management and photovoltaic pumping system to supply domestic water for rural communities by Meita Rumbayan, Imanuel Pundoko, Sherwin R．U Sompie, Dirko G．S Ruindungan

“…Water scarcity continues to pose a significant challenge for rural communities globally, compounded by inadequate access to dependable energy sources and water management systems. …”
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