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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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avenues to vindicate their rights, specifically the right to water, in light of global warming and the loss of their lands and …
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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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The Asia Water Development Outlook – a flagship publication by the Asian Development Bank - monitors progress in water … that are needed to enhance – water security in the region. Working in close collaboration with the Asian Development Bank … and partners, the OECD endeavoured to characterise funding needs and financing flows for water security in the region. The …
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associates of the Institute of Water Policy (IWP) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore … (NUS). This volume contains six research papers and four case studies on various water and sanitation related topics, such … as national water policy reviews, water utility performances, water and sanitation data evaluation, rural and urban water …
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Ongoing climate change will increase competition for water. Diversified demand for water -in contrast with the rigid … design of water systems, institutions and infrastructure- could hinder the implementation of adaptation policies in water … successful adoption of more efficient water allocations in irrigation districts. Weather derivatives spread risks and incorporate …
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Analysis of potentially interconnected residential water and energy demand is sparse. In a 1-in-10 random sample of … Singapore households living in apartments, water use per capita declines over the socioeconomic distribution, whereas … electricity use rises. Here I show that in this leading Asian city and tropical climate, water and electricity demand respond …
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