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Sustainable Energy Development in Canada’s Mackenzie Delta–Beaufort Sea Coastal Region
Voutier, Keltie; Dixit, Bharat; Millman, Peter; Reid, John - 2008
"The oil and gas sector is returning to the Mackenzie Delta–Beaufort Sea region of Canada’s western Arctic after a decade-long absence. If brought into production, the hydrocarbon resources in this region could generate significant long-term economic and social benefits for Canadians in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468366
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Cooperation in a Hydro-Geologic Commons: New Institutions and Pricing to Achieve Sustainability and Security
Loehman, Edna T.; Becker, Nir; Weg, Eythan; Hendrickx, … - 1999
current water use and other consumption. Established limits on groundwater withdrawal would ensure sustainability and be … sustainability or provide for investment." …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468386
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Towards Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation Services: Barriers and Bridges
Hjorth, Peder - 2009
"The Mar del Plata International Water Conference provided the first global assessment of the water sector. It was found that in most developing countries the state of water supply and sanitation services were deplorable. Consequently, a call for concerted action to improve coverage and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468361
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Integration of the biophysical and social sciences using an indicator approach: Addressing water problems at different scales
Sullivan, Caroline; Meigh, Jeremy - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 1, pp. 111-128
political will, as well as traditional knowledge systems, and artistic representation. Recognising the limitations of our own … knowledge system is important if we are to make progress in the achievement of sustainability. The development of less … integration of data from different disciplines, and the application of that data at different scales. Alternative approaches to …
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Challenges to Iraq's environment : applying the water-energy-food nexus framework
Yousif, Bassam; El-Joumayle, Omar; Baban, Jehan - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013363915
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Private Exchange and Social Capital: Multiple Functions of Common Property Regimes in Haiti
White, T. Anderson - 1996
"A great challenge facing CPR enthusiasts today is understanding the conditions in which CPRs can be successful. Meeting this challenge requires understanding when and why individuals choose to create and maintain CPRs. Research in this domain often focuses on the relationship between individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468326
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Mechanisms of Resilience in Common-pool Resource Management Systems: An Agent-based Model of Water Use in a River Basin
Schluter, Maja; Pahl-Wostl, Claudia - 2007
different systems have been proposed. In the context of resource management those include but are not limited to the diversity …, implementation of resilience-based management in specific real-world systems has often proven difficult because of a limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468438
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An Empirical Comparison of Behavioural Responses from Field and Laboratory Trails to Institutions to Manage Water as a Common Pool Resource
Ward, John R.; Tisdell, John G.; Straton, Anna; Capon, Tim - 2006
"There has been extensive debate in the experimental economics literature as to the validity of extending the results of student experiments to more complex real world settings, characterised by the economic behaviour of diverse participants. This paper uses an experimental design that formally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468455
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Adoption and Impacts of Zero Tillage as a Resource Conserving Technology in the Irrigated Plains of South Asia
Erenstein, Olaf; Farooq, Umar; Malik, R. K.; Sharif, … - 2007
-wheat systems of India’s Haryana State (34.5% of surveyed households) and Pakistan’s Punjab province (19%). The combination of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468459
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Contracts versus Trust in Water Allocation: Growing & Sharing the Pie in Northeast Brazil
Pfaff, Alexander; Velez, Maria Alejandra - 2009
"We explore the efficiency and equity resulting from allocation of a fixed resource within a bargaining institution, using a modification of the Ultimatum Game with asymmetric productivity and a surplus-sharing step that permits us to explore trust. Sharing allows pie division independent of pie...
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