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Stated preference values for water quality ratings based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Water … rivers in the region for which water quality is rated Good. Valuations are skewed, with the mean value more than double the … median. Sources of heterogeneity in benefit values include differences in responses to average water quality information and …
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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 … certain to change the distribution and availability of water supplies, with potentially severe consequences for freshwater …
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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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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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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 several …
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By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment taxonomy...
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By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment taxonomy...
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Economic analysis often faces challenges in the valuation of nonmarket goods and services. The traditional set of nonmarket valuation tools for measuring Marshallian economic surplus has limitations related to potential bias in stated preferences and endogeneity of nonmarket amenity placement in...
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