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Residents' Experiences of the Petäjävesi Water Crisis 2020
The dataset consists of writings by Petäjävesi residents regarding the 2019 water crisis, which was caused by groundwater contamination. For several weeks during the crisis, the use of tap water for domestic consumption was either completely prohibited or heavily controlled in some areas of Petäjävesi. The participants were asked to describe how the water crisis had affected...
Historic droughts inventory of references from agricultural media 1975-2012
The agricultural drought inventory for the UK is a subset of data from the UK Drought Inventory. It contains qualitative drought data related to UK agriculture based on an extensive review of two weekly farming magazines in the UK: Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian for the period 1975-2012. For creating this dataset, we focused on the major drought events in that period...
Historic droughts inventory of references from British nineteenth-century newspapers 1800-1900
Occurrences of the search term 'drought' in articles published by nine British regional and national newspapers between 1800 and 1900, with surrounding context of 10 words on each side of the search term. The following newspapers were considered: The Era; Glasgow Herald; Hampshire and Portsmouth Telegraph; Ipswich Journal; Northern Echo; Pall Mall Gazette; Reynold’s Journal;...
Historic droughts inventory of references from British twentieth-century newspapers 1900-1999
Occurrences of the search term 'drought' in articles published in editions of The Times between 1900 and 1999, with surrounding context of 10 words on each side of the search term. The inventory provides information regarding publication date and instances of place-names within the UK that co-occur with the search term. Historic Droughts was a four year (2014 – 2018), £1.5m...
Historic droughts inventory of references from British tabloid newspapers 1992-2014
Mentions of the word drought* in articles published by British tabloids newspapers between 1992-2014. The asterisk (*) is a wildcard to indicate that the search considered different forms of the search term: drought, droughts, hyphenated words (e.g. drought-resistant), or adjectival occurrences (droughty). The following newspapers are included, in their weekday or Sunday...
Historic droughts inventory of drought references to water resources 1890-2015
The drought inventory of references to water resources provides extracts from sources related to water supply. The inventory focusses primarily on the impacts on and responses related to public water supply and demand. Each entry has been categorised based on the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, States, Impacts and Responses) type (Lange et al., 2017). Both short and long-term...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Improving Livelihoods through Integrated Water Resource Management in Niger, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Improving Livelihoods through Integrated Water Resource Management in Niger, 2013 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at random...
Historic droughts inventory of references from agricultural media 2018
The agricultural drought inventory for the UK is a subset of data from the UK Drought Inventory. This dataset contains qualitative drought data related to UK agriculture based on an extensive review of two weekly farming magazines in the UK: Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian for the 2018 summer drought. This inventory is a complement of the existing Historic droughts...
Millennium Village Impact Evaluation in Northern Ghana, 2012-2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) is a 'proof of concept' project to support African rural communities in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Scientists in agriculture, nutrition and health, economics, energy, water, environment and information technology, working together with...
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium Panel Survey, 2012-2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium Panel Survey, 2012-2018 is a three-wave individual panel survey (2012/13, 2015 and 2018) conducted in three countries, and two-wave individual panel survey (2012 and 2015) in two countries, by the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC). The SLRC is an...
Historic droughts inventory of references from British broadsheet newspapers 1990-2014
Mentions of the word "drought"* in articles published by British broadsheet newspapers between 1990-2014. The asterisk (*) is a wildcard to indicate that the search considered different forms of the search term: drought, droughts, hyphenated words (e.g. drought-resistant), or adjectival occurrences (droughty). The following newspapers are included, in their weekday or Sunday...
Stakeholder Workshops on Floods and Droughts Adaptation in the Limpopo River Basin, 2021-2022
The collection contains a summary of the stakeholder interactive sessions on floods and droughts adaptation in the Limpopo River Basin, Southern Africa, held at national and transboundary levels during the period 2021-2022, as part of the NERC-funded Connect4WR project.
Workshops aimed to co-create management solutions to reduce impacts and increase benefits of...
Millennium Village Impact Evaluation in Northern Ghana, 2012-2016: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) is a 'proof of concept' project to support African rural communities in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Scientists in agriculture, nutrition and health, economics, energy, water, environment and information technology, working together with...