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The Productivity Commission released its final research report into ‘Rural Water Use and the Environment: The Role of … the efficient use of water, including for environmental purposes. The Commission suggests that governments should give … greater recognition to the integrated nature of water resources and use markets to more efficiently allocate water among …
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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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Water is a scarce resource in Israel. With fluctuating supplies and an increasing demand, the need for using … alternative water sources such as reclaimed wastewater, brackish groundwater and desalinated seawater increases. This paper … investigates the economy-wide effects of a de-clining supply of natural fresh water (ground and surface water) and the increasing …
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economic instruments in water management, with particular emphasis on the European experience. Economic instruments have gained …. The paper presents a typology of economic instruments in water management in section 4 and associated examples of … implementation from European Union (EU) and Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in section 5. …
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The purpose of this paper is to provide information and analysis on the environmental issues facing Peru so that the Bank can take into account potentially significant environmental risks as well as opportunities in the Peru Country Strategy and the subsequent programming activities. The...
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The Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA) have been the lynchpins of the U.S. environmental policy for the last … the management control strategies of the CAA, far less is known about the effects the CWA has had on water quality, even … though, most agree water quality has improved since its implementation. These acts are built on similar frameworks, but the …
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L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960211