Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the
food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions …

The evolution of the major achievements in water lifting devices with emphasis on the major
technologies over the centuries is presented and discussed. Valuable insights into ancient …

There have been many important milestones on humanity's long journey towards achieving
environmental sanitation. In particular, the development of the activated sludge system can …

Urban water supplies are traditionally based on limited freshwater resources located outside
the cities. However, a range of concepts and techniques to exploit alternative water …

Global Water Partnership,(GWP), established in 1996, is an international network open to all
organisations involved in water resources management: developed and developing country …

Due to fast urbanization and increasing living standards, the environmental sustainability of
our global society becomes more and more questionable. In this historical review we …

Dryland areas display high hydrological sensitivity to changes in their environment. This
high sensitivity makes the survey of their water resources and hazards particularly crucial …

The use of water cisterns has been traced back to the Neolithic Age; this paper thus presents
a brief historical development of water cisterns worldwide over the last 5500 years. This …

Mediterranean spring ecosystems are unique habitats at the interface between surface
water and groundwater. These ecosystems support a remarkable array of biodiversity and …

This conceptual paper has two goals. First it reviews aspects of sustainability and resilience
and their relationship to management of coupled, interdependent urban and natural …