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International Rivers: The State of the World's Rivers - 6 views

www.internationalrivers.org/worldsrivers The water system Drainage basins and flooding Management issues and strategies Competing demands for water
shared by Matt Podbury on 28 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Matt Podbury on 28 Aug 14
     
    Brilliant resource for freshwater and river management strategies.
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The race to stop Las Vegas from running dry - Telegraph - 2 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...as-Vegas-from-running-dry.html Freshwater ib_geog2009 extraction Management issues and strategies
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  • Matt Podbury on 30 Jun 14
     
    Amid a brutal drought the reservoir that supplies 90 per cent of Las Vegas's water is fast disappearing and desperate attempts to save Sin City are under way
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Is The Global Water Crisis Real? - Water Crisis Infographic - Facts & Infographic - 5 views

www.mapsofworld.com/...r-crisis-real-infographic.html Freshwater ib_geog2009 water_conflicts management Management issues and strategies Competing demands for water
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  • Matt Podbury on 05 Jun 14
     
    Excellent infographic looking at freshwater issues and conflict around the world. 
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/327371/report-warns-that-water-... - 1 views

s3.amazonaws.com/...r-shortages-could-threaten.pdf ib_geog2009 water_conflicts geography Management issues and strategies Competing demands for water
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  • Matt Podbury on 08 Nov 13
     
    Global Water Security - Conflict and Management
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Water in China: Desperate measures | The Economist - 2 views

www.economist.com/...21587789-desperate-measures Freshwater ib_geog2009 management geography river basin china Management issues and strategies
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  • Matt Podbury on 13 Oct 13
     
    China has 20% of the world's population but only 7% of its fresh water
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Where we get our fresh water - Christiana Z. Peppard - YouTube - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch ib_geog2009 extraction Management issues and strategies
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  • Matt Podbury on 27 Feb 13
     
    Fresh water accounts for only 2.5% of Earth's water, yet it is vital for human civilization. What are our sources of fresh water? In the first of a two part series on fresh water, Christiana Z. Peppard breaks the numbers down and discusses who is using it and to what ends.
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Floodgates open on experiment to flush out 500 MILLION TONS of sand and silt trapped in... - 3 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...silt-trapped-Grand-Canyon.html Management issues and strategies ib_geog2009 grand canyon
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  • Matt Podbury on 22 Nov 12
     
    500 MILLION TONS of sand and silt released from Glen Canyon Dam  .... and yes, this is from the Daily Mail. Sorry! 
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BBC News - How science is replacing pigs: Flood forecasting in the Philippines - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/world-19977941 ib_geog2009 Freshwater Management issues and strategies
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  • Matt Podbury on 19 Nov 12
     
     How science is replacing pigs: Flood forecasting in the Philippines
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Visualizing the Pakistan Flood - 1 views

www.ifitweremyhome.com/...pakistan_flood Drainage basins and flooding
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  • Matt Podbury on 17 Sep 12
     
    Visualizing the Pakistan Flood using your home country as an example
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BBC News - Demolition dam: Why dismantle a huge river barrier? - 3 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...magazine-18401162 ib_geog2009 Freshwater Management issues and strategies
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  • Matt Podbury on 13 Jun 12
     
    Demolition dam: Why dismantle a huge river barrier?
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