The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted in conflicts between countries; created prolonged drought; closing of industrial units; shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a problem; which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization factors have an influence on the extent of shortages? What is the role of the socio-economic status of the inhabitants? Industrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and effects were analyzed with the help of data from a climate model; which was then fed into a hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not as AdvertisedBy Amy MacKenzieThis book has nothing to do with "Christ in Art". The text is a summary of the life of Christ; accompanied by images of Christ in art; however; the images are not discussed at all in the text and they dont support the stories being told. If youre looking for descriptions of "Christ in Art;" I suggest you look elsewhere.I ordered this edition (April 2010) but sent me the second edition (December 2010; with the Crucifixion cover).I was not impressed at all and I sent the book back for a full refund.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. good enough for meBy Martin PAlthough I agree somewhat with a previous review of the book; the book for me contained enough examples of Christ in art to warrant its name. While the text at times didnt always correlate with the images; there were a great number of examples of Christ in art from across the ages and the text itself served as a good distillation of Christ and his teachings.As the text will always be secondary for me with a book like this I enjoyed the book for its high quality prints and for containing a good number of paintings relating to Christ by a great range of artists.Perhaps not for everyone; but worked well enough for me.
