Country Group 29
George Ji
Q1 : My name is George, I currently live in Santa Cruz. I am a bio major in UCSC.
Q2 : People in your field could during education about how the water cycle affects the
ecosystem and its environment. More detaily in one case it can be how building of dams change
their migration path and how that will affect natural habitat, human economy and food supply. Or
how soil type and climate zone change what kind of vegetation in the region
Q3 : Unfind another group member so I will answer group 18 David Ordonez’s respond
○ Painting, photography, and other visual arts may be used by artists to
depict and highlight the value of importance of water as well as the
dangers it confronts. Artists may inspire action to protect and conserve
water resources through their work.
I agree, artists can help the general public understand the importance of water
conservation by using easy understanding drawing or art. Make science more
accessible for more people of all ages.
Max O’s Response: Bio majors can definitely have an impact on our relationship with the water
cycle. I agree that studying factors such as soil type and climate zone change could help us
have a better understanding of our water usage and making sure we stay sustainable.
Max Ominsky
Q1: My name is Max Ominsky, I live at UCSC, and I am a TIM (Technology Information
Management) major.
Q2: People in my field may contribute to our relationship with the water cycle through tech
systems. For example, an information system may be used to track water usage and forecast
rainfall. These systems can help us get estimates so our water usage is adequate.
Q3: Brianna Gonzalez Response: You mentioned how people in your field would make
some sort of information system that could track water and this reminded me of the
similar systems we have in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That’s a really interesting view
you took regarding your Technology Information Management major.
Brianna Gonzalez
Q1: My name is Brianna Gonzalez, I’m currently living in Santa Cruz and I’m a declared
Cognitive Science major.
Q2: People in my field would try to understand the connection between how people think about
the water cycle and how it relates to the actual actions made. This would help us understand
how we can get people to be more active in maintaining a healthy water cycle.
Q3: Manjima Shrestha Response: It is interesting to see how people’s psychology can
be studied to understand what people think and the actual actions they take. It can be seen that
people talk about water conservation but do very little to actually make a difference.
Manjima Shrestha
Q1: My name is Manjima Shrestha. I currently live in Santa Cruz and I am a Business
Management Economics major.
Q2: The people in my field help to study the demand and supply of water resources, and help
utlilize the water resources economically. People in my field can study the risks associated with
water scarcity to come up with business strategies to eliminate those risks.
Andy Chen
Q1: My name is Andy Chen. I live in Santa Cruz and am a proposed Psychology major.
Q2: People in my field of study will utilize management and data regarding the water cycle. This
may include statistical reasoning and experiments revolving around water infrastructure.
Q3: Brianna Gonzalez Response: I agree that proper communication is needed in a work
environment. With the assistance of more than one person’s opinion will bring a lot to the table.
After all, the water cycle is studied and researched by many people.
Week 7 Assignment #2.
George Ji
Q1: The weather of Italy can be broken into 4 different parts. Northern Italy has an Alpine
climate, which has low temperatures and moist summers with higher precipitation. Southern
Italy is in the classical temperate Mediterranean climate region, with mild temperatures, lower
precipitation and moist winter. Peninsular climates that only exist in the peculiar part of the
central part of the peninsula, moist in spring and autumn, have seasonality. Po valley climate
low temperatures in the winter, high in the summer, moist in the spring and autumn.
Q2: The northern part of Italy majorly relies on the developed industry companies and the
southern region is more on the tourism of Mediterranean weather. The relative wealth of Italy
is very high, according to reacher “the level of wealth concentration observed in Italy
appears to be in line with other European countries such as France, Spain, and
Germany, the researchers found. However, with respect to its time evolution, the wealth
concentration is closer to that found in the United States” (Acciari et al,. 2021). But there
are huge differences between southern and northern average income. Northern Italy
has a higher income than the southern.
Max Ominsky
Q4: Tourism, one of Italy’s main sources of income, actually does cause some water challenges
for the country. Many of the decorative fountains and structures that people come to visit Italy to
see use up large quantities of water. These fountains need to be running in order to get visitors,
but Italy has recently cut down on their usage by turning off some of these fountains.
Source:
“Milan Turns off Fountains as Italy Warns of More Water Rationing to Fight Drought.” The
Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 27 June 2022,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/milan-turns-off-fountains-as-italy-warns-of-more
-water-rationing-to-fight-drought.
Manjima Shrestha
Q3. a). A prominent water resource challenge in Italy associated with water resource
allocation or water infrastructure is water scarcity and the lack of proper water
infrastructure. Some areas in Italy face drought whereas, some parts have abundant
water resources.
Q3. b). A prominent water resource challenge in Italy associated with climate change is
the growing frequency and intensity of droughts. Due to climate change, the parts of
Italy that are already dry is getting drier and hence, leading to water scarcity.
Q3. b). A prominent water resource challenge in Italy associated with water quality is
the contamination caused by the pesticides and other chemicals disposed by the
agricultural activities into water sources. This contamination can seriously affect the
water quality and cause harm to the health of the people.
Q5. The government of Italy launched the “Green Deal for Agriculture” program to
motivate the people in agriculture to use organic farming and reduce the use and
disposal of chemicals. This has been implemented to improve the water quality since as
discussed in question 3.b) the water quality was deteriorated due to contamination from
agriculture.
Cited Sources:
Acciari, etal. May 4, 2021. How Is Personal Wealth Concentrated in Italy, Which Has
One of the Highest Wealth-to-Income Ratios Among High-Income Countries?
https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/how-is-personal-wealth-concentrated-in-italy-which-hasone-of-the-highest-wealth-to-income-ratios-among-high-income-countries/#:~:text=Italy
%20has%20one%20of%20the,the%20distribution%20of%20this%20wealth.
National Geographic. (2020, January 21). Solving the water problem in Italy.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/partner-content-solving-the-water-pr
oblem-in-italy
OECD. (2017). OECD Water Policies Country Note: Italy.
https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/topics/water-and-agriculture/documents/oecd-water-pol
icies-country-note-italy.pdf