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familiar good (drinking water quality) combines a split sample treatment of the presence/absence of advanced awareness with a …
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marine species are primarily introduced in North-European waters through ballast water, i.e. water trans-ported across the … oceans so as to keep a vessel in balance. Port authorities can impose standards on ballast water treatment, which are … the construction of a ballast water dis-posal treatment in the Rotterdam harbor, and the imple-mentation of a monitoring …
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Degradation of coral reefs may affect the number of tourists visiting the reef and, consequently, the economic sectors that rely on healthy reefs for their income generation. A Contingent Behaviour approach is used to estimate the effect of reef degradation on demand for recreational dive and...
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of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and …
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The Kyoto Protocol sets legally binding emission targets for industrialised countries without accounting for reductions carried out prior to 2008, the beginning of the first commitment period. There exists only one exception, the project-based Clean Development Mechanism where credits accrue...
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consumers' willingness to pay for tap water quality. This method is indirect and is based on the observation of the households …' demands for soft drinks and bottled water. The lack of data we face and the nature of the question we have to deal with … "public good as quality characteristic of a privately consumed good" approach. In fact, the tap water quantities that are …
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. Downstream Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan need irrigation water in summer, primarily to grow cotton. Regional agreements obliging … due to lack of trust between the parties. Striving for self-sufficiency in irrigation water, Uzbekistan initiated new … economic impact is limited to low-water years. …
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The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
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This paper proposes that transboundary water governance needs to become an essential input to sustainable governance of … the factors behind successful practices. Successful transboundary governance of water and nature requires the reduction of … associated transaction costs. Firstly, water diplomacy through joint research, data collection and monitoring, capacity building …
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their land and a combination of charges and subsidies to improve rural water quality. This is consistent with efficiency … assigning the right on clean air and water to the consumers. …
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