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Lack of government intervention in South Africa’s mining industry has worsened conflicts associated with limited water … environment, including access to potable water, and that the country develop in a sustainable manner. But conflict remains due to … with mining, which has polluted natural ground water sources. In this article, an historical overview of the mining …
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region are documented to far outweigh those pertaining to the resolution of the regional water deficiencies, which would rely … on increased levels of desalination and wastewater re-use, plus the possible importation of bulk water supplies from … elsewhere. Such a resolution of the water-related conflicts would lead to improved intra and interstate relationships, and could …
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differentiated on some of the economic indicators. To enhance the potential for spill-over between water cooperation and conflict … prevention, durable and peaceful relations among riparian states require that water-related benefits be shared. …
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countries which are water-stressed, at least by conventional criteria; (2) nevertheless, macro evidence does not portend that … the world will be unable to feed its growing population at that time; (3) interstate armed conflicts over water, which … decades, especially since most countries have not utilized the enormous possibilities for saving scarce water. …
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.  Here, we try using data that are byproducts of the network broking process to evaluate the Challenge Program for Water and … linkages between organizations in the water and food sectors and between CGIAR members and their counterparts in government and …
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By examining diverse water-related tension and conflict situations from the Tonle Sap area of Cambodia, the article … seeks to contest the view that water-related conflicts are always about water scarcity. Tackling different dimensions of … water-related conflicts, the three cases studied here all point to the importance of social, political, and historical …
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To deal with boundary and transboundary water issues along their border, the United States and Mexico established the … International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) in 1889. Initially dealing only with surface water flows, its flexibility … permitted changes such that groundwater and water quality issues could be addressed. In 1994, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada …
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Growing demands for water combined with supply constraints may lead to an increased potential for international water …
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We examine the effect of the introduction of uniform water-charging for aquifer management and provide evidence using a … survey-based choice experiment of agricultural water users in rural Tunisia. Theoretically, we show that the implementation … small landholders. Empirically, we find that resistance to the introduction of an effective water-charging regime is …
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subsidy of a most central life-fulfilling need, the water resource in Saudi Arabia. The paper brings out how this linkage … between the two goals, that is between the economic and social balance using oil to support water resource pricing and … being an economic one to sustain the supply and pricing of water resource in Saudi Arabia. …
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