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served by the supply system. An empirical application of EDMIs is performed for two irrigation districts in Andalusia …
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, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
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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 … first period, decisions are taken under uncertainty on the rainfall level which is resolved at the beginning of the second …
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is also discussed, tackling their overspread participation in agriculture and their unrecognised working status. The … and the government aimed at increasing community participation in the design and management of irrigation canals. The case …
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The purpose of the present paper is to describe the role of uncertainty and technical change in an environmental … context. Which impact does ecological uncertainty have on physical and R&D investments' decisions? How are pollution … trajectories modified when uncertainty is taken into account? To reply to these questions we modify the ETC-RICE model described in …
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When economic agents decide their optimal environmental behavior, they have to take into account non continuos evolutionary trends and irreversible changes characterising environmental phenomena. Given the still non perfect biophysical and economic knowledge, decisions have to be taken in an...
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The behaviour of future policy-makers substantially influences future greenhouse gas emissions. Uncertainty about the …
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After twenty years of global negotiations, the world is still far from a comprehensive climate agreement. The 'top-down' approach embodied by the Kyoto Protocol has all but stalled, chiefly due to disagreements over levels of ambition and objections to financial transfers. To avoid those...
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the human interventions in fields like: agriculture, land-use/land use change, construction/management of reservoirs … water allocation, irrigation policies, and climate change, among others water related issues. …
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theoretical advancements on co-management and drawing on empirical studies conducted in Kenya, the paper examines how successful … Kenya. …
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