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The effect of organic pollution on the seasonal dynamics of water quality in a semi-arid zone: case of the Hammam Boughrara Dam, Tlemcen (Algeria)
The present study aims to assess the impact of human activities on the water quality of the Hammam Boughrara dam. It also highlights the crucial...
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Integrated assessment of groundwater vulnerability in arid areas combining classical vulnerability index and AHP model
Groundwater is the main source of water for agriculture, industry, and families in arid areas. At present, there is an urgent need to protect...
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Assessing Differences in Land Productivity Trends to Climatic Data in Arid and Semi-arid Zones: A Study Case in Northern Mozambique
In recent years many efforts have been made to locate and measure land degradation worldwide to reach the target to reduce its progress, reduce...
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Assessing the potential of partial root zone drying and mulching for improving the productivity of cotton under arid climate
Water scarcity constrains global cotton production. However, partial root-zone drying (PRD) and mulching can be used as good techniques to save water...
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Groundwater trend analysis and regional groundwater drought assessment of a semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India
Groundwater, being an important natural resource, has a dynamic character owing to climate change. The precarious nature of groundwater, especially...
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Spatiotemporal patterns and evolutionary trends of eco-environmental quality in arid regions of Northwest China
The arid regions of northwest China suffer from water shortages, low land quality, and a fragile ecological environment, while social and economic...
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Shifting climate zones and expanding tropical and arid climate regions across Kenya (1980–2020)
Human-induced climate change significantly alters the spatiotemporal characteristics of climate zones, which drives agricultural land use and...
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Strategies of Passive Design Buildings in Cold and Arid Climates: A Review
Passive design strategies have gained increasing attention in recent years as a means of improving the energy efficiency and comfort of buildings....
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Irrigation expansion has kept pace with the CO2 fertilization effect on vegetation growth in a typical arid region
Dynamics of vegetation in arid areas have drawn worldwide attention. The expansion of irrigated cropland (ICE) in arid regions contributes to...
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Using Desalination to Supplement the Groundwater Supply to Arid and Semi-arid Environments
Water insufficiency is the main hindrance to socio-economic development in Southern Africa. Water accessibility changes as the quantity and quality...
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Evaluating the effects of soil physicochemical properties under different land use types in the arid zones of Pakistan
Land use change has become a major issue since the turn of the twentieth century due to global warming, particularly the conversion of the natural...
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Soil Properties and Stoichiometry as Influenced by Land Use, Enclosures and Seasonality in a Semi-arid Dryland in Kenya
Agropastoralism and nomadic pastoralism constitute the main land use systems in semi-arid drylands in Kenya. However, limited studies have...
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Semi-arid Soils of the Caatinga Biome of Northeastern Brazil
Northeastern Brazil possesses a wide variety of environments, soils, substrates, and climates, although semi-arid conditions prevail in the core area...
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Geospatial Modelling of Groundwater Quality in Semi-Arid Environments of South Africa
Groundwater as a scarce freshwater resource requires extensive quality assessment, control and protection through innovative methods and efficient...
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Reversed cooling and heating performance of modernized courtyard envelope in hot-arid climates: a case study at an educational campus
Courtyard buildings embraced as a passive design paradigm, find wide application in modulating outdoor climatic conditions and fostering energy...
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Challenges in arid region reclamation with special reference to Indian Thar Desert—its conservation and remediation techniques
Arid and semi-arid lands throughout the world suffer from problems like low and erratic rainfall, high temperature, low amount of nutrients and...
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Traditional groundwater exploration method for pastoralist community water supply system in semi-arid region of Ethiopia: case of Tula Sallan Borana, Southern Ethiopia
Traditionally Borana people used to excavate a little depth in the stream alluvium, to collect the groundwater coming from side to side of outflow...
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Typology and classification of water quality in an intermittent river in a semi-arid Mediterranean climate
The typology and classification of rivers are highly relevant concepts in the field of limnology and freshwater ecology. Water body typology...
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Response of stream water quality to the vegetation patterns on arid slope: a case study of Huangshui River basin
Vegetation patterns on slopes strongly affect the water cycle processes in a basin, especially the water yield and confluence in arid areas....
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Effect of hydrogel on survival and growth of Grevillea robusta seedlings under semi-arid field condition
Water scarcity limits the survival and growth of planted-out seedlings in Ethiopia’s semi-arid regions. Hydrogel, recently introduced in Ethiopia, is...
