In this paper we are concerned with private sector participation in natural resource management in developing countries. The paper addresses both the establishment (or formalisation) of private property rights to natural resources, and the private markets in which such rights are exchanged. The...

In this paper we provide an overview of recent trends in the availability and quality of land and water resources in rural China, and examine the common presumption that rural resources are rapidly degrading in China. Data based on consistent definitions and measurement methods that have...

Purpose – Prosperity of the agricultural sector is very crucial not only for the national economy but also for the regional development. However, this prosperity has quite often a significant environmental cost in terms of water resources overexploitation or pollution. The main purpose of this...

La presencia de contaminación persistente y tóxica en las aguas ha impulsado el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías de tratamiento, como es el caso, de la fotocatálisis solar homogénea, foto-Fenton solar, que aprovecha esa fuente de energía renovable para disminuir los costes del proceso. El...

This paper presents an empirical verification of the demand price elasticity for piped water in major cities in Poland – it was the main goal of the research. The information concerning the demand reaction to price changes is substantial for sustainable urban water demand. Any prediction of...

Ist das Klimaabkommen, das auf der Weltklimakonferenz in Paris im Dezember 2015 beschlossen wurde, ein wichtiger Schritt für den weltweiten Klimaschutz? Joachim Weimann, Universität Magdeburg, sieht zwar in der Tatsache, dass es überhaupt ein Abkommen gibt und dass sich Länder verpflichten,...

Die Effekte der Klimakrise verschärfen die Wasserknappheit nicht nur im globalen Süden, sondern auch in unseren Breitengraden, beispielsweise in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg. Wegen unzureichender Bepreisung der Entnahme von Oberflächen- und Grundwasser beziehungsweise mangelnden...

The effects of the climate crisis are worsening water shortages, not only in the Global South but also in Europe, for example in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. Due to inadequate pricing of surface and groundwater abstraction and a lack of regulatory instruments, water overuse is occurring in...