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Stated preference values for water quality ratings based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Water … rivers in the region for which water quality is rated Good. Valuations are skewed, with the mean value more than double the … median. Sources of heterogeneity in benefit values include differences in responses to average water quality information and …
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vulnerable to the repercussions of conflict. In this context, this paper analyses the relationship between trade and conflict … from a trade perspective: Using data from UCDP and COMTRADE this paper studies the effects of five different conflict types …, this paper finds that the heterogeneity of conflict types and their distinct characteristics matter for the magnitude and …
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environmental question which dominates our time and pose the major challenge to environmental organizations of control. Water is one …: demographic explosion, probable reduction in the water run-offs, scarcity of the resources, the degradation of the hydraulic …
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International Water Law has developed a set of rules for resolving interstate fresh water disputes that govern both the … will ensure an optimal and efficient allocation of resources.International fresh water disputes usually involve high …
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Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …
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This paper deals with the construction, decomposition and comparison of water footprint time series in 40 countries and … the possible causes behind the time evolution of water footprints in the various countries. We notice that the physical … and economic impact of economic growth on water resources has been significantly lower than what it could have been, for …
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. This lack of exploration is surprising, particularly given the negative impacts ‎of climate change upon the world's water …During the 1990s scholarship about water security abounded. However that debate abated at the ‎turn of this century … resources, and the concomitant water insecurity that ‎has resulted. The present article addresses water insecurity in the Middle …
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This paper deals with the construction, decomposition and comparison of water footprint time series in 40 countries and … the possible causes behind the time evolution of water footprints in the various countries.We notice that the physical and … economic impact of economic growth on water resources has been significantly lower than what it could have been, for several …
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The effectiveness of price as a water conservation measure remains an open empirical issue and relevant policy question …. We conduct a meta-regression analysis that summarizes 615 estimates of the price elasticity of residential water demand … out location and community traits that boost or depress the price elasticity of residents. Our results reveal that water …
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