Water is the base element of the human, social and economical development. ... That's why, water is a vital resource in all economies and because of overpopulation, mass consumption, misuse, and water pollution, the availability of drinking water per capita is inadequate and shrinking as of the year 2006 . ... Because of the absence of a legitimate water sharing agreement, Syria and Israel have taken over the water supplies and nowadays uses the greatest amount of water available in the basin (Ofori-Amoah A. 2004). ... Despite this important number of research projects in the water manage...

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Today it is common to speak of pollution, environmental impact and climate change. ... This makes it more contaminating than pollution. ... The water reserves are large beds of water found underground and now represent a valuable source of water for almost every human activity ( due to high pollution, decrease or disappearance of lakes, rivers , etc.). Livestock represents a serious problem for these reserves , as "Widespread overgrazing disturbs water cycles, reducing replenishment of above and below ground water resources" ( Matthews ). it makes it tremendously difficult for the c...

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Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2012), explains that the concept of security started to change after the end of the Cold War and not it includes a new additional element, which is "the protection of the environment from irreversible degradation by combating, among other things, acid rain, desertification, forest destruction, ozone pollution, and global warming. ... For example, climate change, resource depletion, pollution and environmental degradation. ... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documented the consequences of the ecological degradation which affect...

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Furthermore the production itself of the garments is very costly in both terms of energy and water due to its ineffective processes (Figure 2) To put into perspective, about 36% of the energy input in theses processes was lost onsite (US DOE, 2004). ... In the landfills it posses a serious environmental threat as water drains through the trash and hazardous materials that include dyes and bleaches when it rains. This large amount toxic water collects then near the bottom becomes often 200 more toxic then raw sewage (Ethical Fashion Forum). ... "The estimated consumption for an annual glob...

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Communities will benefit from improved quality of life and well being through lower greenhouse emissions, lower particulate emissions, higher efficiency in electricity generation, lower residual waste, lower prices, less nuclear power and less air pollution problems. ... This includes the impacts associated with the construction of pipelines, roads, powerlines, jetty and barge landings, as well as the warrens placed at risk, increase road kills, oil pollution that will detrimentally impact seabirds and turtle nesting, damage to marine ecosystems (including whale migration), and the significant...

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