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PRICE-RESPONSIVENESS OF DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER WITHDRAWALS VS. CONSUMPTIVE USE: ESTIMATES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Young, Robert A.; Cardon, Grant E.; Scheierling, Susanne M. - 2003

Of water withdrawn for agricultural crop irrigation, a portion is consumed and the remainder comes back to the … hydrologic system as return flows. Previous models of irrigation water demand have mostly focused on the change in withdrawals in … planning. This study develops a simulation/mathematical programming model of water demand representing an irrigation company in …

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Determining the Price-Responsiveness of Demands for Irrigation Water Deliveries versus Consumptive Use

Scheierling, Susanne M.; Young, Robert A.; Cardon, Grant E. - 2004

A water-crop simulation/mathematical programming model of irrigation water demand in northeastern Colorado is …

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The Challenge of Implementing the Overlapping Regional Trade Agreements in Egypt

Afifi, Tamer Mohamed Ahmed - 2007

Beside its membership (1995) in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Egypt joined Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) such … Egyptian RTAs. Although the RoO can indeed be regarded as a Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB) for Egypt as a common country in Euro …-Med, COMESA and GAFTA, most of the inputs that are used in the Egyptian products originate in Egypt, in the EU or in countries …

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Untersuchungen zum Schatzhaus im Neuen Reich ; The treasury in the New Kingdom

Khaled Ahmed Hamza Awad - 2002

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Essays in macroeconomics

Trabandt, Mathias - 2007

/oder Subvention von Kapital und Löhnen nicht wichtig für die Wohlfahrsgewinne einer hinreichend vorangekündigten Steuerreform sind. … short-run confiscation and/or subsidy of capital and labor income is not important for the welfare gains of pre …

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Integrated system dynamics toolbox for water resources planning.

Reno, Marissa Devan; Passell, Howard David; Malczynski, … - 2008

Public mediated resource planning is quickly becoming the norm rather than the exception. Unfortunately, supporting tools are lacking that interactively engage the public in the decision-making process and integrate over the myriad values that influence water policy. In the pages of this report...

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Urban Water Restrictions: Attitudes, Information and Willingness to Pay

Cooper, Bethany; Crase, Lin - 2009

In most urban cities across Australia, water restrictions remain the dominant policymechanism to restrict urban water consumption. The extensive adoption of waterrestrictions over several years means that Australian urban water prices have consistently not reflected the opportunity cost of water...

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Flood Planning and Climate Forecasts at the Local Level

Wernstedt, Kris; Hersh, Robert - 2002

We examine the use of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasts for flood planning in the Pacific Northwest. Using theories of resource mobilization as a conceptual foundation, the paper relies on: 1) case studies of three communities vulnerable to flooding that have had access to long-term...

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Impacts of Federal Policies and Programs on Wetlands

Crosson, Pierre; Frederick, Kenneth D. - 1999

Human activities have resulted in the loss of about half of the original 221 million acres of wetlands in the conterminous 48 states. Federal laws, policies, and programs have had major impacts on the nation's wetland resources. Initially, they encouraged and subsidized the draining and filling...

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Evaluation of Peak Pricing on Single-Family Residential Water Consumption in Seattle

Hsu, David - 2009

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price block added to the existing block rate price structure...

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