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Cooperation in a Hydro-Geologic Commons: New Institutions and Pricing to Achieve Sustainability and Security
Loehman, Edna T.; Becker, Nir; Weg, Eythan; Hendrickx, … - 1999
current water use and other consumption. Established limits on groundwater withdrawal would ensure sustainability and be … sustainability or provide for investment." …
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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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Mittelstand im Wandel des Wettbewerbs : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen kooperativer Unternehmensnetzwerke als strategische Option
Dibbern, Felix Florian - 2002
Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit ist die These, dass der unternehmerische Mittelstand durch Veränderungen des Wettbewerbsumfelds und durch steigende Wettbewerbsintensität in deutlich stärkerem Maße zu strategischen und in der Folge strukturellen Anpassungen gezwungen sein wird. Die Betrachtung...
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EU-Russia energy relations: What chance for solutions? : A focus on the natural gas sector
Böhme, Dimo - 2011
instead of damaging it. Stable cooperation would need the acceptance that the partner may pursue his own goals, which might be … verlässliche Kooperation setzt dabei die Akzeptanz voraus, dass der Partner seine eigenen Ziele verfolgt, die durchaus verschieden …
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Sustainable Energy Development in Canada’s Mackenzie Delta–Beaufort Sea Coastal Region
Voutier, Keltie; Dixit, Bharat; Millman, Peter; Reid, John - 2008
"The oil and gas sector is returning to the Mackenzie Delta–Beaufort Sea region of Canada’s western Arctic after a decade-long absence. If brought into production, the hydrocarbon resources in this region could generate significant long-term economic and social benefits for Canadians in...
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An Integrated Assessment of Investments Towards Global Water Sustainability
Bassi, Andrea M.; Tan, Zhuohua; Goss, Sophie - 2010
"To date there has been limited research on integrated water resource management, specifically regarding investments, from a global perspective, largely due to the complexity of the problem and to generally local water management practices. Water demand and supply are very often affected by...
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Description, diagnosis, prescription: a critique of the application of co-evolutionary models to natural resource management.
Jeffrey, Paul; McIntosh, Brian S. - 2006
To support moves towards more sustainable modes of natural resource management, the research community has been engaged in an evaluation of paradigms, theories and methods which might provide useful and usable insights into such a complex problem set. A particularly influential family of...
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Towards Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation Services: Barriers and Bridges
Hjorth, Peder - 2009
"The Mar del Plata International Water Conference provided the first global assessment of the water sector. It was found that in most developing countries the state of water supply and sanitation services were deplorable. Consequently, a call for concerted action to improve coverage and...
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Goal Programming For Sustainability In Total Water Management
Liner, Barry - 2009
With the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of Sustainability, total water managementefforts must analyze alternatives to address … paid to the third pillar of sustainability – social, which is generallyagreed that measures are lacking. A targeted survey … of industry experts indicated that thesocial sustainability metrics showing the most promise for use are related to …
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Sphere and sustainability: a matter of time
Pinera, Jean-Francois; Bosher, Lee S. - 2011
The Sphere standards have been devised to ensure that people affected by disasters will receive anadequate level of assistance; these standards are used across the world and apply both to natural andcomplex emergencies. The latter tend to be lasting events that often create a displacement of...
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