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Quantification and regional comparison of water use for power generation: A California ISO case study

Peck, Jaron J.; Smith, Amanda D. - In: Energy Reports 3 (2017), pp. 22-28

Analysis of water use for power generation has, in the past, focused on large geographical regions and time scales. Attempting to refine this analysis on the time and spatial scales could help to further understand the complex relationships involved in the energy-water nexus, specifically, the...

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Comparing price and non-price approaches to urban water conservation

Olmstead, Sheila M.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2008

Urban water conservation is typically achieved through prescriptive regulations, including the rationing of water for particular uses and requirements for the installation of particular technologies. A significant shift has occurred in pollution control regulations toward market-based policies...

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Water conservation and the common pool problem: Can pricing address free-riding in residential hot water consumption?

Elinder, Mikael; Hu, Xiao; Liang, Che-yuan - 2021

Water is an increasingly scarce resource. It is often distributed such that consumers do not face any marginal cost of consumption, creating a common pool problem. For instance, tenants in multi-family buildings can often consume both hot and cold water at zero marginal cost. Using...

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Balancing water rights in metropolitan water conservation areas: the case of Chengdu, China

Gao, Chen; Bracken, Gregory; Herdt, Tanja - In: Local Environment (2023) Latest Articles, pp. 1-20

Water justice can be a delicate balancing act. Conservation regulations ensure urban areas’ water demands are met, but these may conflict with the water rights of local people living in catchment areas. No metropolis wants to face water shortages, yet prioritising municipalities’ rights over...

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Decentralization of industrial policy as strategic delegation

Morasch, Karl - 2000

regional authorities as a countervailing force, the present paper discusses another argument in favor of decentralization …

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Natural-Resource Rents and Internal Conflicts - Can Decentralization Lift the Curse?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Lessmann, Christian; … - 2013

the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … decentralization. …

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Decentralization and Natural Disasters

Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 2013

This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from …

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Authority and incentives in organizations

Kräkel, Matthias - 2013

situation, decentralization is the optimal form of full delegation given that selfish behavior is more important than …

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Fiscal decentralization and pollution: Institutions matter

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Mennel, Tim - 2012

We estimate the impact of fiscal decentralization on different indicators of pollution for more than 80 countries from … 1970 to 2000. Our cross country estimates show that fiscal decentralization increases pollution. However, higher quality of … institutions can limit the destructive environmental effects of decentralization. The empirical results confirm a strand of the …

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The Bolivian Decentralization Process and the Role of Municipal Associations

Seemann, Miriam - 2004

This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decentralization is to … distribution of national income and improved administration of public resources. The legal framework of Bolivian decentralization … is established by two principled laws; firstly, the LPP, defines decentralization on the municipal level and represents a …

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