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Water infrastructures facing sustainable development challenges : integrated evaluation of impacts of dams on regional development in Morocco
Minoia, Paola (contributor); Brusarosco, Anna (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003366540
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The implementation of the Polluter Pays principle in the context of the Water Framework Directive
Sanchez Trancon, Delia - 2024
This paper examines the challenges and policy imperatives involved in implementing the Polluter Pays principle (PPP) in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It presents the state of play of the Polluter Pays principle in EU Member States. It also analyses the coherence with other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081407
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The economics of water scarcity
Leflaive, Xavier - 2024
This paper examines the current status of water availability, water demand, and influences from climate change in the European Union. It provides an overview of economic policy instruments to address water scarcity and manage water demand. Additionally, the paper explores policy options and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081421
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Cost recovery for water services under the Water Framework Directive
Farnault, Aude - 2024
This paper examines the concept of cost recovery of water services under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), including the different types of costs and cost-recovery mechanisms. It presents the state of play in the implementation of cost recovery in EU Member States, for financial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081442
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State-Facilitated Bottom Up in Agricultural Water Governance and Sustainability of Solutions to Recurring Water Stress : A Case Study from Smallholders’ Perspective in Uzbekistan
Niyazmetov, Davron; Soliev, Ilkhom; Rudenko, Inna - 2020
Agricultural water stress is a critical problem undermining socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability of water and land resources in many agriculture-based economies. Uzbekistan is an example of such case, where for coping with the problem, water reforms such as creation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101352
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Trinity of Sustainability : Water Security and Networking in Myanmar and Cambodia
Leou-On, Yune - 2015
Non-profit organizations have been working for the benefit of humanity for hundreds of years. One of the major issues that have been highlighted recently is the long-term sustainability of these interventions. In previous studies most scholars have focused on the individual actions of a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133676
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International Law, Ground Water Resources, and the Danube Dam Case
Eckstein, Gabriel; Eckstein, Yoram - 2009
environmental harm to both surface and ground water resources stemming from the construction and operation of the Gabcikovo Dam and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063240
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'Drought-Proofing' Regional Australia and the Rhetoric Surrounding Tillegra Dam, NSW
Sherval, Meg; Greenwood, Amy - 2015
‘Tillegra Dam’ as a means to ensure future water security for the region. Local residents, centred around the ‘No Tillegra Dam … Group’, opposed the dam, pointing to its harmful effects and more sustainable demand-side options. Scientific studies also … indicated that future droughts were unlikely to place stress on current water levels, thereby making the dam unnecessary. Hunter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136121
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Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
Olmstead, Sheila M. - 2015
This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. We estimate econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of international sharing of rivers. We find that dams are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031505
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The World’s Largest Dam Removal Project : The Klamath River Dams
Blumm, Michael C.; Illowsky, Dara - 2022
. The latter fell through when Congress was unwilling to fund it, but the former—the dam removal plan—has been endorsed by … federal and state agencies, the utility, and several Indigenous Tribes. In 2022, the largest dam removal in world history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293110