Rainwater harvesting is an ancient practice currently used for flood and drought risk
mitigation. It is a well-known solution with different levels of advanced technology associated …

Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking
water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunded …

Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Human activities have increasingly intensified the severity, frequency, and negative impacts
of droughts in several regions across the world. This trend has led to broader scientific …

The increasing population and urban sprawl will continue to add significant pressure to
natural resources in arid and semi-arid zones. This study evaluates the theoretical …

Arid and semiarid environments are characterized by low water availability (eg, in soil and
atmosphere), high air temperature, and irregularity in the spatio-temporal distribution of …

The whole population of Feutap still collects drinking water from two protected springs, some
1 km away from this small rural agglomeration. For many generations, the only improvement …

This study analyzes the patterns of coordination of a set of policy instruments promoted by
Brazil's National Adaptation Plan as a means of fostering climate adaptation in the rural …

As climates continue to change, semi-arid rainfall regimes are projected to become
increasingly more extreme, with longer dry periods and fewer, but more intense, heavy …

The governance of several cross-cutting challenges, such as food security, climate change,
and sustainable development, calls for integrative policy approaches. However, efforts to …