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Klimawandel in Deutschland : Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven
Brasseur, Guy (ed.); Jacob, Daniela (ed.);  … - 2017
Erstmals trägt dieses nationale Assessment den Forschungsstand zum Klimawandel umfassend für alle Themenbereiche und … begutachtet. Klimawandel in Deutschland ist die erste Gesamtschau zu dem Themenkomplex, benennt offene Fragestellungen und liefert … eine Grundlage für Entscheidungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel. Deutschland reiht sich damit ein in die Liste von …
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Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources
Leal Filho, Walter - 2012
The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015539
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Water policy in Mexico : economic, institutional and environmental considerations
Guerrero García Rojas, Hilda R. (ed.) - 2019 - 1st edition 2018
Mexico is currently facing severe problems with water availability, wastage and contamination. The most contaminated and over-exploited water resources are concentrated in the most populated areas of the country, where water is scarcer and its quality makes it unsuitable for a variety of uses,...
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The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects : Hydroelectricity Versus Other Uses
Johansson, Per-Olov - 2012
Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origins of CBA of Wter Use Conflicts -- 3 A Simple Cost-Benefit Rule -- 4 The Main Items in the Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 5 Towards Empirical Measurement of Externalities -- 6 Blueprint for a CBA -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- 8 References -- 9 Appendices -- Index
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015759
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Entropy, Water and Resources : An Essay in Natural Sciences-Consistent Economics
Niemes, Horst - 2010
The Water Use Model -- Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- General Design of Dynamic Models … economic theory, natural sciences, and engineering practice. Based on an extended thermodynamic approach, the authors explain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522803
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Frontiers in Water Resource Economics
Goetz, Renan (contributor); Berga, Dolors (contributor) - 2006
and game theory, uncertainty, space, water quality, and production and technology adoption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520433
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Introducing Competition into the Piped Water Market : A Theoretical Analysis of Common Carriage and Franchise Bidding
Meister, Urs (contributor) - 2006
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Natural Disasters and Climate Change : An Economic Perspective
Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2014
1 Introduction and summary -- 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view -- 3 Disaster risks: evidence and theory … scenarios, and considers how to consider extremes of hot and cold, storms, wind, drought and flood. Another sect ion analyzes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425661
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Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change Economics
Wang, Zheng - 2017
This book describes the principles of integrated assessment models (IAM) for climate change economics and introduces various computable models for different development mechanisms under climate change governance. The authors present several new models they have constructed based on the RICE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397794
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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Leal Filho, Walter - 2013
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016144