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1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 1.

United States. Bonneville Power Administration. - 2008

This publication provides detailed documentation of the load forecast scenarios and assumptions used in preparing BPA's 1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study (the Study). This is one of two technical appendices to the Study; the other appendix details the utility-specific loads and...

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Emerging Issues in Water Resources Management in Swaziland

Mlilo, P.; Mhlanga, N. B.; Senzanje, A. - 2008

"Water is central to the economy of Swaziland as it contributes significantly to GDP via agriculture export earnings …. The health sector and communications are also expanding in response to investments in irrigated agriculture. This key … increasing demand. That paper concludes that the irrigation sub-sector shapes water policy ahead of other sectors like tourism …

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Chaos on the Commons: Considering the Implications of Nonequilibrium Theory for Common Property Research

Morgan, Betty - 1995

recent theoretical developments in nonequilibrium analysis. Using the Navaho Indian Irrigation Project as a case study, this … the developmental history of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project from a nonequilibrium perspective. The paper concludes …

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An Empirical Comparison of Behavioural Responses from Field and Laboratory Trails to Institutions to Manage Water as a Common Pool Resource

Ward, John R.; Tisdell, John G.; Straton, Anna; Capon, Tim - 2006

"There has been extensive debate in the experimental economics literature as to the validity of extending the results of student experiments to more complex real world settings, characterised by the economic behaviour of diverse participants. This paper uses an experimental design that formally...

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Off-farm Income and Investments in Farm Assets: A Double Hurdle Approach

Harris, J. Michael; Blank, Steven C.; Erickson, Kenneth W. - 2010

The farm household structure is a complex set of inter-relationships between and among a variety of internal and external factors involving consumption, investment, and income-earning activities. In this paper we use ARMS data to explore the contribution of off-farm income to the viability of...

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Reconciling the supply of and demand for carbon cycle science in the US agricultural sector

Logar, Nathaniel J.; Conant, Richard T. - 2007

tool for assessment of science programs. We apply the concept to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) carbon cycle …

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Projections of economic impacts of climate change in agriculture in Europe

Quiroga, Sonia; Iglesias, Ana - 2007

productivity changes that considered no restrictions in water availability for irrigation orrestrictions in the application of …

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Economic valuation of the impacts of climate change in agriculture in Europe

Quiroga, Sonia; Iglesias, Ana - 2008

The objective of this study is to provide a European assessment of the potential effects of climate change on agricultural crop production computing monetary estimates of these impacts for the European agricultural sector. The future scenarios incorporate socio economic projections derived from...

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Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the EU: A spatial assessment of sources and abatement costs

de Cara, Stephane; Houze, Martin; Jayet, Pierre-Alain - 2004

Agriculture contributes significantly to the emissions of greenhouse gases in the EU. By using a farm-type, linear … through an IPCC-based emission tax in EU agriculture, as well as the resulting optimal mix of emission sources in the total …

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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding

Sauer, Johannes - 2011

This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...

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