Monday, February 26, 2018

Earth Science Week 8 Monday

Questions:

  1. What do you think about the case study you started last week?
  2. What do you think it takes to make water use most sustainable?
  3. Do you think all places on Earth have the same issues with water sustainability?
Case Studies
  1. Thompson (2008). The Aral Sea Crisis. Columbia University.
http://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm [Read through the 4 web pages]

2. Symmes, P (2003). River Impossible. Outside, 28(8):64-68, 108-111.

3. Di Nunzio, J (2013).  Conflict on the Nile: The Future of Transboundary Water Disputes Over the World’s Longest River. Future Directions International. http://futuredirections.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nile_Conflict_Potential.pdf

4. McKinney, D, Czekanski, AJ, Pitman, SH, Al Awar, Z and Akcay, M (2011). Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in Transboundary Water Challenge: Case Studies. Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State. Pp. 87-94. http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce397/Readings/TransboundaryWaterIssues.pdf