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also in the long-run equilibrium where capacities are endogenous. In such an equilibrium the hydropower monopoly will get a …
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The key question in hydropower production is the time pattern of the use of the water in the reservoir. The water used … to produce electricity today can alternatively be used tomorrow. The analysis of the operation of hydropower is therefore … essentially a dynamic one. The paper introduces some basic models for social allocation of stored water over discrete time periods …
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Many countries have followed a policy of being self-sufficient in electricity. However, in the last two decades exchange of electricity across borders has become more widespread, and the European Union's policy is to encourage a gradual expansion of cross-border trading and integration of...
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-Einheit). Beispielhaft wird die Materialintensität verschiedener Systeme der Energieversorgung und des Wasser- und Abwasser … for water and waste water management is compared.Based on a comprehensive systems perspective Integrated Resource …
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better understanding of the use of water resources in agricultural sectors. The results indicate that a water policy directed … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … the effects on welfare and demand for water are mostly positive. For non-water scarce regions the results are more mixed …
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Water and agriculture are intrinsically linked. Water is essential for crop production and agriculture is the largest … consumer of freshwater resources. However, this link is commonly ignored by economic models mainly because water use is not … reported in the national economic accounts. Few regions have markets for water. This paper describes the new version of GTAP …
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Recent analyses of the evolution and structure of trade in virtual water revealed that the number of trade connections … and volume of virtual water trade have more than doubled over the past two decades, and that developed countries … increasingly draw on the rest of the world to alleviate the pressure on their domestic water resources. Our work builds on these …
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …
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. Different concepts of carbon (Rees, 1992) and water footprints (Hoekstra, 2011) have emerged as indicators that provide …, water, and energy (FWE) (Daher & Mohtar, 2012). One example out of many potential interdependencies among FWE resources is … food, water, and energy, as well as the water footprint of food, the water footprint of energy, the carbon footprint of …
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flowing through or bordering Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Whereas water resources in the wet season are … more than adequate to fulfill basin needs, there are regional water shortages during the dry season, when only 1-2% of the … the basin, including efficient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable water allocation mechanisms that support the …
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