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Deep wells and prudence: towards pragmatic action for addressing groundwater overexploitation in India.
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 218 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Overexploitation.read more
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Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture for Human Prosperity and Global Sustainability
Johan Rockström,John Williams,Gretchen C. Daily,A.D. Noble,Nathanial Matthews,Line Gordon,Hanna Wetterstrand,Fabrice DeClerck,Mihir Shah,Pasquale Steduto,Charlotte de Fraiture,N. Hatibu,Olcay Ünver,Jeremy Bird,Lindiwe Majele Sibanda,James P. Smith +15 more
TL;DR: The criteria and approach proposed, for a paradigm shift towards sustainable intensification of agriculture, integrates the dual and interdependent goals of using sustainable practices to meet rising human needs while contributing to resilience and sustainability of landscapes, the biosphere, and the Earth system.
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Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century
TL;DR: The Flood Risk Management Guide as mentioned in this paper is a state-of-the-art guide for decision and policy makers, technical specialists, central, regional and local government officials and concerned stakeholders in the community sector, civil society and non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.
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Regional strategies for the accelerating global problem of groundwater depletion
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of our understanding of groundwater depletion suggests that although the problem is global, solutions must be adapted to specific regional requirements at the aquifer scale, and that the world's largest freshwater resource is groundwater.
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The state of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture : managing systems at risk
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the status and trends in land and water resources and present a set of policy recommendations for sustainable land management in the context of land management.
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Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India.
Brij Mohan Sharma,Jitka Bečanová,Martin Scheringer,Anežka Sharma,Girija K. Bharat,Paul Whitehead,Jana Klánová,Luca Nizzetto +7 more
TL;DR: Negligible risk for humans was estimated from PPCPs in the drinking groundwater sources along the Ganges River, whereas moderate risks to P PCPs and ASWs were estimated for aquatic organisms in the Ganga River.
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