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This work develops a statistical methodology of analysis of the international trade in virtual water in the context of … sustainable evolution. Using the example of agriculture, the impact of the flows of virtual water in the composition of products … role of water resources in terms of their scale and efficiency of use. The study of the impact of export and import of …
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-induced changes are unknown. This uncertainty complicates the task of water managers who are already faced with escalating demands …Demographic changes and existing water use patterns have placed tremendous pressures upon water supplies, particularly … in the West. Global climate change will exacerbate pressures on water resources. The gradual warming of the atmosphere is …
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Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …
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This paper deals with the construction, decomposition and comparison of water footprint time series in 40 countries and … the possible causes behind the time evolution of water footprints in the various countries. We notice that the physical … and economic impact of economic growth on water resources has been significantly lower than what it could have been, for …
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International Water Law has developed a set of rules for resolving interstate fresh water disputes that govern both the … will ensure an optimal and efficient allocation of resources.International fresh water disputes usually involve high … transaction costs such as unequal and asymmetric access to information, enforcement uncertainty, and unclear political goals of …
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countries’ endowments in water resources and whether trade regulation should be used to improve the use of water resources at … the global level. We develop a simple model establishing a positive link between the demand for irrigation water of … water resources, we emphasize the role of international trade in the allocation of water resources in agriculture. We test …
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Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …
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We present the first meta-analysis of the income elasticity of water demand that accounts for the effects of … using Bayesian model averaging to account for model uncertainty. The differences in the reported estimates are …
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terms. Furthermore, lower water availability is associated with worse outcomes both through fewer cooperation events and …
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This paper analyzes the economic impacts of changes in water availability due to climate change. We develop a new … modeling approach as an alternative to include water as a production factor within a global CGE model. We tailor the structure … agricultural sector. In order to reach this objective, a new database has been built to explicitly consider water endowments …
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