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water allocation, irrigation policies, and climate change, among others water related issues. …Water resources are facing several stresses in terms of quantity and quality. These pressures are closely related to …, pollutant emissions, and water /wastewater treatment, among others. Considering the critical role that water plays for …
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In this article, the virtual water exchange between Mediterranean countries is considered, reference being to the … implicit water content of traded goods. Virtual water flows associated with trade in agricultural goods are estimated …. Subsequently, a general equilibrium economic model is used to simulate the effects of the future reduced availability of water …
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Virtual water trade refers to the implicit content of water in the production of goods and services. When trade is … undertaken, there is an implicit exchange of water. Furthermore, when water gets scarce, water intensive goods become more … expensive to produce and the economy compensates through higher water imports.This paper is about applying the concept of …
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Agriculture is the main water-using sector in Southern European Countries, such as Spain and Italy. Innovative … institutional solutions for reducing water use or increasing its efficiency are pursued by recent legislation concerning water, in … particular by the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Even if not explicitly considered by the directive, water markets may be seen …
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While climate change impacts on human life have well defined and different origins, the interactions among the diverse impacts are not yet fully understood. Their final effects, however, especially those involving social-economic responses, are likely to play an important role. This paper is one...
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Climate change impacts on human life have well defined and different origins, nevertheless in the determination of their final effects, especially those involving social-economic responses, interactions among impacts are likely to play an important role. This paper is one of the first attempts...
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Water is critical not only to life, but also to economic growth and environmental outcomes. This article examines how … water in Australia is currently allocated and used, and explores some of the consequences of current water management …
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of different pricing scheme. We look at Boiteux-Ramsey Pricing, Marginal Cost Pricing as well as an arbitrary water … pricing increase for the agriculture sectors. A standard AGE was adapted by explicitly modeling water production with its … different technologies, water demand by different users also needed to be refined since they are generally modeled with fixed …
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the volume of irrigation water traded between regions. The application detailed here is to the Commonwealth government … water rights by raising the price of irrigation water. The scheme may provide a net benefit to irrigation regions while … detail adapted to include regional water accounts. It focuses on the effects of inter-regional water trading. Factors of …
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of different pricing scheme. We look at Boiteux-Ramsey Pricing, Marginal Cost Pricing as well as an arbitrary water … pricing increase for the agriculture sectors. A standard AGE was adapted by explicitly modeling water production with its … different technologies, water demand by different users also needed to be refined since they are generally modeled with fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696399