{"id":1052,"date":"2014-12-29T21:16:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2014-12-29T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:19:23","slug":"heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Heard, Read, Seen by Water Diplomats this Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiaspend.com\/cover-story\/new-data-predicts-fiercer-floods-in-brahmaputra-indus-65170\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.indiaspend.com\/cover-story\/new-data-predicts-fiercer-floods-in-brahmaputra-indus-65170', 'New Data Predicts Fiercer Floods In Brahmaputra, Indus']);\" >New Data Predicts Fiercer Floods In Brahmaputra, Indus<\/a> (IndiaSpend.com) \u2013 Discusses a recent paper from Nature produced by ICIMOD and Utrecht University researchers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2014-12-23\/news\/57349792_1_flood-forecasting-cwc-jammu-and-kashmir\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2014-12-23\/news\/57349792_1_flood-forecasting-cwc-jammu-and-kashmir', 'Parliamentary Panel shocked over absence of Flood Forecasting sites of CWC']);\" >Parliamentary Panel shocked over absence of Flood Forecasting sites of CWC<\/a> (The Economic Times) Is this an example of the disconnect between science and politics?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/28\/us\/water-source-for-almonds-in-california-may-run-dry.html?\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/28\/us\/water-source-for-almonds-in-california-may-run-dry.html?', 'Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry']);\" >Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuriositas.com\/2014\/12\/center-pivot-irrigation-real-crop.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kuriositas.com\/2014\/12\/center-pivot-irrigation-real-crop.html', 'Center Pivot Irrigation: The Real Crop Circles']);\" >Center Pivot Irrigation: The Real Crop Circles<\/a> (Kuriositas) \u2013 a close up look at center pivot irrigation (photo-essay)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3038877\/mapping-the-water-sources-for-530-cities-worldwide\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3038877\/mapping-the-water-sources-for-530-cities-worldwide', 'Mapping the water sources for 530 cities worldwide']);\" >Mapping the water sources for 530 cities worldwide<\/a> (Fast Company) \u2013 a summary of recent Nature Conservancy Analysis with links to relevant studies and reports.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0011916414006511\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0011916414006511', 'Long-term water supply planning in an Australian coastal city: Dams or desalination?']);\" >Long-term water supply planning in an Australian coastal city: Dams or desalination?<\/a> (Desalination) \u2013 new paper providing interdisciplinary analysis of long term water supply planning incorporating economic, social and environmental variables comparing desalination and dams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wri.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/3-maps-help-explain-s%C3%A3o-paulo-brazil%E2%80%99s-water-crisis\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.wri.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/3-maps-help-explain-s%C3%A3o-paulo-brazil%E2%80%99s-water-crisis', '3 Maps Help Explain S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil\u2019s Water Crisis']);\" >3 Maps Help Explain S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil\u2019s Water Crisis<\/a> (World Resources Institute Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/americas\/21636782-government-responded-late-drought-brazils-industrial-heartland-reservoir-hogs?fsrc=scn\/tw\/te\/pe\/ed\/reservoirhogs\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/americas\/21636782-government-responded-late-drought-brazils-industrial-heartland-reservoir-hogs?fsrc=scn\/tw\/te\/pe\/ed\/reservoirhogs', 'Reservoir Hogs']);\" >Reservoir Hogs<\/a> (The Economist) \u2013 Drought in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Contributed by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam', 'Shafik Islam']);\" >Shafik Islam<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week&#8230; New Data Predicts Fiercer Floods In Brahmaputra, Indus (IndiaSpend.com) \u2013 Discusses a recent paper from Nature produced by ICIMOD and Utrecht University researchers. Parliamentary Panel shocked over absence of Flood Forecasting sites of CWC (The Economic Times) Is this an example [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heard-read-seen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}