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Climate Change, Water Scarcity in Agriculture and the Economy-Wide Impacts in a CGE Framework
Ponce, Roberto; Parrado, Ramiro; Stehr, Alejandra; … - 2016
, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597546
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Basinwide water management: A spatial model
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Umetsu, Chieko - 2000
farmers switch from traditional to modern irrigation technology. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608609
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A Modelling Framework for Addressing the Synergies between Global Conventions through Land Use Changes: Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity Conservation, Prevention of Land Degradat...
Ponce-Hernandez, Raul - 2007
This paper proposed a methodological framework for the assessment of carbon stocks and the development and identification of land use, land use change and land management scenarios, whereby enhancing carbon sequestration synergistically increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312560
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Agriculture, Water Resources and Water Policies in Italy
Massarutto, Antonio - 1999
agriculture and water resources, and emphasis on underground resources. Our objective is mainly descriptive at this level …; nonetheless, we try to evaluate patterns of interaction between agriculture and water resources policy from the point of view of … analysis of the most important issues and ongoing policies. We show that the link between agriculture and groundwater is but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608497
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Input use and capacity constraint under uncertainty: The case of irrigation
Bontems, Philippe; Favard, Pascal - 2002
In this paper we consider a two periods model of cropping using irrigation. The farmer takes two kind of decisions, one … related to the level of investment in irrigation capacity and the other one to the irrigation level in each period. In the … period. Assuming a CARA utility function, we show that taxing the investment may entail an increase in preventive irrigation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335744
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Drought Management Plans and Water Availability in Agriculture. A Risk Assessment Model for a Southern European Basin
Pérez Blanco, Carlos Dionisio; Gómez, Carlos Mario - 2014
-priority uses such as agriculture. These plans have recently become widespread across EU southern basins. Shockingly, in some of … availability in agriculture that results from the decision rules of the recently approved DMPs. The methodology is applied to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398444
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Integrating climate policies in the European environment: A policy report
Carraro, Carlo; Goria, Alessandra - 1999
This report summarises the main ideas, proposals, scientific achievements, consensus and conflicting issues that emerged at the Second EFIEA Policy Workshop, held at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 63, Milan, Italy, March 4th-6th, 1999. EFIEA, the European...
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Monetary Value Assessment of Clam Fishing Management Practices in the Venice Lagoon: Results from a Stated Choice Exercise
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Rossetto, Luca; de Blaeij, Arianne - 2003
This article focuses on the economic valuation of alternative clam management practices in the Venice Lagoon. The proposed valuation method is characterized by the design of a survey questionnaire next to the fishermen population. In each questionnaire two fishing alternatives are described. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325091
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? New evidence frome time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2002
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335695
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Climate change impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
Brochier, Frédéric; Ramieri, Emiliano - 2001
Climate change is widely recognised as a serious threat to the world's environment. The Mediterranean basin is considered as a unique scaled down model to assess the severity of potential climate change impacts on coastal zones. The paper examines the regional differences in the vulnerability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608789