Dinar, Ariel; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997
From the earliest times, water resources have been allocated on the basis of social criteria -maintaining the community … by ensuring that water is available for human consumption, for sanitation, and for food production. Societies have … of) how goods are distributed, has produced new issues in water allocation. Population growth has made water scarcity a …