Environmental Science - Water resources

Environmental Science - Water resources The objectives of this assignment are: 1. Discuss pros and cons of irrigation and suggest future approaches and strategies to manage this sector of water use. 2. Discuss how "megacities" manage their water resources. 3.Learn how to calculate water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int and to analyze global and national water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings. Please answer the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing three questions: 1*. Irrigation is on an ecologist's hit list. Why? Discuss pros and cons for irrigation of an agricultural land. In your opin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inion what can be done in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the future in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in this sector of global water resources management (give at least 3 suggestions). At least one real world example (irrigated land) should be part of your discussion (10 marks). 2*. Water stress is most vivid in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" megacities?, do you agree or disagree with this statement. Why do you say this? Explain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the ways in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in which they contribute or not to the stress. Your explanation should be coupled with at least one real world example such as Mexico City, Mumbai, Tokyo, Lagos, etc. (10 marks) 3*. Water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int calculations. Four countries (A, B, C and D) plannin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to trade rice. All four countries produce rice and virtual water content per ton of the produced rice is estimated to be: Country A = 1275 m^3/ton Country B = 2182 m^3/ton Country C = 5455 m^3/ton Country D = 3103 m^3/ton After negotiations among the countries they decided that Country A should sell the rice to Country B and Country C to sell the rice to Country D. They also agreed that the product trade between Countries A and B is 488.100 ton/yr and between Countries C and D 416.300 ton/yr. After several years of tradin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in 2016, September 26th UN Water Committee hire you to analyze national and global water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings between these countries and recommend future trade among these countries. Your report should in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing: 3.1) Calculations of annual national water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int for the rice (for all countries). You should label these values as a national water loss or national water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing. (2 marks) 3.2) Calculate global water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing (loss) for this product. (2 marks) 3.3) Analyze these results and in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inform the Water Committee if these two trades are water sustain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inable. What are your recommendations for the future trades? (4 marks) Due date is October 18th * Maximum 1.5 page for question 1 and question 2. Half a page for question 3( calculations can be handwritten). So, in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in total 2 pages. Your answers can be double-spaced (or have 1.5 spacin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing is absolutely required), but NOT sin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ingle-spaced. Min" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inimum of 2 scientific references are expected for question 1 and 2 (i.e. scientific books or peer-reviewed journals). Use APA style for your citation. Font should be easy to read (i.e. times new roman, arial, calibri) with font size 12. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Example reference: IN TEXT The computer desk is black (Simon et al.2000) or Simon et al.(2000) note that the computer desk is black Example reference: AT END Simon A, Currin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ini A. and Darby S.E. (2000). Book Title. Publisher Simon A, Currin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ini A. and Darby S.E. (2000). Paper title. Journal title. Volume. Issue. Pages. You absolutely MUST use both in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in text and end references. Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences EES A07 : WATER ASSIGNMENT #1 D r. Jovan Stefanovic TA: Sa ndrita Cadena Issued: Monday , September 2 6 th Objectives: 1. Discuss pros and cons of irrigation and suggest future approaches and strategies to manage this sector of water use . 2. Discuss how " megacities " manage their water resources . 3. L earn how to calculate water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int and to analyze global and national water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing s . P lease answer the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing three questions : 1 * . Irrigation is on an ecologist's hit list. Why? Discuss pros and cons for irrigation of an agricultural land. In your opin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inion what can be done in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the future in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in this sector of global water resources management (give at least 3 suggestions ) . At least one real world example (irrigated land) should be part of your discussion ( 10 marks) . 2 * . Water stress is most vivid in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" megacities ”, do you agree or disagree with this statement . Why do you say this? Explain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the ways in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in which they contribute or not to the stress. Your explanation should be coupled with at least one real world example such as Mexico City, Mumbai, Tokyo , Lagos , etc . ( 10 marks) 2 3 * . Water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int calculations . Four countries (A, B, C and D) plannin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to trade rice. All four countries produce rice and virtual water content per ton of t he produced rice is estimated to be: Country A = 1275 m 3 /ton Country B = 2182 m 3 /ton Country C = 5455 m 3 /ton Country D = 3103 m 3 /ton After negotiations among the countries they decided that Country A should sell the rice to Country B and Country C to sel l the rice to Country D. They also agree d that the product trade between Countries A and B is 488. 1 00 ton/yr and between Countries C and D 416.300 ton/yr. After several years of tradin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in 2016 , September 26 th UN Water Committee hire you to analyze nation al and global water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings between these countries and recommend future trade among these countries . Your report should in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing: 3.1) Calculations of annual national water footprin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">int for the rice (for all countries). You should label these values as a national water loss or national water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing . (2 marks) 3.2) Calculate global water savin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing (loss) for this product. (2 marks) 3.3) Analyze these results and in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inform the Water Committee if these two trades are water sustain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inable. What are your recommendations for the future trades ? (4 marks) Due date is October 18 th * Maximum 1 .5 page for question 1 and question 2 . Half a page for question 3 ( calculations can be handwritten) . So, in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in total 2 pages. Your answers c an be double - spaced (or have 1.5 spacin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing is absolutely required), but NOT sin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ingle - spaced. Min" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inimum of 2 scientific references are expected for question 1 and 2 (i.e. scientific books or peer - reviewed journals). Use APA style for your citat ion. Font should be easy to read (i.e. times new roman, arial, calibri) with font size 12. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Example reference: IN TEXT The computer desk is black (Simon et al.2000) or Simon et al.(2000) note that the computer desk is black Example reference: AT END Simon A, Currin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ini A. and Darby S.E. (2000). Book Title. Publisher Simon A, Currin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ini A. and Darby S.E. (2000). Paper title. Journal title. Volume. Issue. Pages. You absolutely MUST use both in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in text and end references.