Search Results - subject:"water demand"

Welfare effects of water pricing in Germany

Müller, Christopher - In: Water economics and policy 1 (2015) 4, pp. 1-25

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Potential impact of climate change on future water demand in Yulin city, Northwest China

Xiao-jun, Wang; Jian-yun, Zhang; Shamsuddin, Shahid; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20 (2015) 1, pp. 1-19

water demand of Yulin city located in Shaanxi Province of northwest China by using system dynamics approach. Total water … demand balance in China. Water demand in each sector is modeled separately to compute the total water demand. System dynamics … models for water demand forecasting are developed by considering the environmental (water quality, ecosystem preservation …

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Economic impacts of climate change on water resources in the coterminous United States

Henderson, James; Rodgers, Charles; Jones, Russell; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20 (2015) 1, pp. 135-157

A national-scale simulation-optimization model was created to generate estimates of economic impacts associated with changes in water supply and demand as influenced by climate change. Water balances were modeled for the 99 assessment sub-regions, and are presented for 18 water resource regions...

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Future Irrigation Demand of South Saskatchewan River Basin under the Combined Impacts of Climate Change and El Niño Southern Oscillation

Islam, Zahidul; Gan, Thian - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 2091-2105

of climate change on SSRB’s irrigation water demand for three future periods, i.e., 2010–2039 (2020s), 2040–2069 (2050s … SSRB’s irrigation water demand is also simulated on the basis of SRES climate scenarios together with an active El Niño or …

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Nonparametric vs parametric binary choice models: An empirical investigation

Bontemps, Christophe; Racine, Jeffrey S.; Simioni, Michel - 2009

The estimation of conditional probability distribution functions (PDFs) in a kernel nonparametric framework has recently received attention. As emphasized by Hall, Racine and Li (2004), these conditional PDFs are extremely useful for a range of tasks including modelling and predicting consumer...

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Hydro-Economic Models: Concepts, Design, Applications, and Future Prospects

Harou, Julien; Pulido-Velazquez, Manuel; Rosenberg, David E. - 2009

Future water management will shift from building new water supply systems to better operating existing ones. The variation of water values in time and space will increasingly motivate efforts to address water scarcity and reduce water conflicts. Hydro-economic models represent spatially...

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Water Demand in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Mieno, Taro - 2009

facts, curbing water demand, ratherthan expanding water supply, seems like a promising option. The objective of studyis to … understand water demand in the Chicago area by examining the e ects ofwater price, weather conditions, and socio …-demographic characteristics on water usein Chicago Metropolitan Area. Economic theory tells us that water demand shouldbe responsive to water …

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Charting our water future: economic frameworks to inform decision-making

Group, 2030 Water Resources; [Colin Chartres is a … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2009

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Residential Water Consumption: A Cross Country Analysis

Grafton, R. Quentin; Kompas, Tom; To, Hang; Ward, Michael B. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

manage residential water demand. …Survey data from over 1,600 households in ten countries were used to analyse the determinants of residential water … demand. Results show that in every country the price elasticity is negative and statistically significant. Households that do …

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Application of the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) Model to simulate current and future water demand in the Blue Nile

McCartney, Matthew; Ibrahim, Y. A.; Sileshi, Y.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2009

The riparian countries of the Nile have agreed to collaborate in the development of its water resources for sustainable socioeconomic growth. Currently there is significant potential for expansion of hydropower and irrigation in the Blue Nile River in both Ethiopia and Sudan. However, the likely...

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