Rising water demands and diminishing water supplies are exacerbating water scarcity in
most world regions. Conventional approaches relying on rainfall and river runoff in water …

The commercial solar cells are currently less efficient in converting solar radiation into
electricity. During electric power convention, most of the absorbed energy is dissipated to …

Land degradation affects natural and cultivated socio-ecosystems worldwide. Soil erosion is
one of the main processes leading to land degradation, and the process is accelerated by …

Drought is a climatic risk with notable repercussions on water supply systems. The aim of
this study is to analyze the principal measures for management and planning implemented …

Increasing water scarcity in arid and semiarid regions is driving the demand for non-
conventional water resources in irrigated agriculture. Seawater desalination for sustaining …

Multidisciplinary, innovative and high values development of high performance, cost-
effective and environmentally acceptable separation systems is highly desired to tackle the …

The inception of Spain's 'new water politics' in 2004 elevated seawater desalination from
supplementary water supply to an alleged panacea for the country's recurrent water crises …

Seawater desalination is a promising approach to satisfying water demand in coastal
countries suffering from water scarcity. To clarify its potential future global scale, we perform …

Water consumption continues to grow globally, and it is estimated that more than 160% of
the total global water volume will be needed to satisfy the water requirements in ten years. In …

Against the trend prevalent during the 1990s and 2000s, large‐scale infrastructural projects
have made a comeback in the water sector. Although sometimes framed as part of a broader …