Dr Christina Cook talks about the governance research taking place in the MaRIUS project.
UK Drought governance arrangements
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Dr Christina Cook talks about the governance research taking place in the MaRIUS project.
http://www.mariusdroughtproject.org/
This podcast was made in December 2015 to record the presentation delivered at the Oxford Drought Symposium in September 2015.
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Droughts are one of the headline strategic risks to the UK. In 2012 the UK experienced the driest spring in over a century, after two dry winters. Ministers faced the prospect of water shortages during the London Olympics. Whilst the drought conditions in early 2012 served as a wake-up call, the potential for water shortages in the UK, driven by changing patterns of demand and changing climatic conditions, had already been recognised. In the Thames Water region alone it is estimated that...
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