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Understanding the impact of international trade on the use of water resources provides a set of interesting ideas and … indirect links between international trade and water resources. It shows that with the right domestic policies and … international trade system, trade in water-related services as well as the transfer of innovation and technologies can efficiently …
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of water rationing. However, the direct abstraction of Blue Water for consumptive use grew 6.38% in the period. In turn … objective of this article is to investigate the role of the technological effect on variations in the volume of water used in … counteract the pressure for the growth of water use in general. From this type of identification, the proposed method can …
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input used in this good production, the so-called indirect use. The objectives of this paper are to map the use of water … along the supply chain in Brazil and to estimate the impacts of adopting less water-intensive technologies on total water … intensity and water withdrawal. For this, the national input-output model was used for the year 2017. These impacts were …
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having experienced them for one month. We find that SC leads to a reduction in water use per shower by 9.4%, RTF by 28 …
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In the Czech Republic, water prices have been steadily increasing while water consumption has been decreasing during … the last decades. A great deal of literature is devoted to the price elasticity of water demand but to the best of our …-run price elasticities of water demand in the Czech Republic between years 2000 and 2011. We find that the water demand is …
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We design a survey to provide quantitative evidence about household demand for qualitative aspects of tap water supply …. We focus on two characteristics that are of importance for households: water hardness and aesthetic quality in terms of … characteristics of tap water quality, and administration targets a representative sample of the population in England and Wales. For …
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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 presents an empirical verification of the demand price elasticity for piped water in major cities in Poland … sustainable urban water demand. Any prediction of possible adaptation to global climate change also requires detailed information … about consumer behaviour related to water consumption. This study was conducted on panel data consisting of approx. 100 …
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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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water. To usefully teach water economics, it is therefore necessary to understand and cooperate with other disciplines. Many … economic concepts can be used to understand different facets of water (mis)management, but these concepts are often pushed far … those deviations and how to address them. Water economics courses can use case studies to organize these complexities and …
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