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basins, where water deficit during drought events is partially covered by illegal abstractions, mostly from aquifers, which … are tolerated by the authorities. Groundwater overexploitation for irrigation has created in these areas an unprecedented …-based drought insurance systems have the potential to introduce the necessary incentives to reduce overexploitation during drought …
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paper analyzes ripple effects of the 2011 drought in Texas agriculture on the entire state economy retrospectively in an …In 2011, the most severe drought in Texas history caused $7.62 billion in losses in the agricultural sector alone. This … to the results, the 2011 drought caused economic losses of $16.9 billion in the entire Texas economy and increased the …
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Die Herausforderungen des fortschreitenden Klimawandels stellen die globale Landwirtschaft zukünftig vor große …. Auf Basis dieser Klimaprojektionen wird die Bewässerungsbedürftigkeit der Landwirtschaft Bayerns in einer Modellsimulation … wird die Bewässerungsbedürftigkeit der bayerischen Landwirtschaft für die Perioden 1991-2020 (Ex-Post-Periode) und 2021 …
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analysis of the most important issues and ongoing policies. We show that the link between agriculture and groundwater is but … agriculture and water resources, and emphasis on underground resources. Our objective is mainly descriptive at this level …; nonetheless, we try to evaluate patterns of interaction between agriculture and water resources policy from the point of view of …
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This paper presents the NetSyMoD approach - where NetSyMod stands for Network Analysis - Creative System Modelling - Decision Support. It represents the outcome of several years of research at FEEM in the field of natural resources management, environmental evaluation and decision-making, within...
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This paper deals with the comparative analysis of different policy options for water resources management in three south-eastern Mediterranean countries. The applied methodology follows a participatory approach throughout its implementation and is supported by the use of three different software...
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Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
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global agriculture. The analysis uses the new version of the GTAP-W model, which distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated … agriculture and implements water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated agriculture. The results suggest that a partial …
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innerhalb der Wasserversorgung und Abwasserentsorgung durch Kooperation Synergieeffekte realisiert werden können. Basierend auf …
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This paper examines consumer preferences for the attributes of alternative sources of water supply in Chennai, based on a household survey where respondents were given the description of a set of options. Their decision to choose one of the options is examined using discrete choice models....
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