Comparative assessment of water markets: insights from the Murray–Darling Basin of Australia and the Western USAWater Policy - Tập 14 Số 2 - Trang 175-193 - 2012
R. Quentin Grafton, Gary D. Libecap, Eric C. Edwards, Robert O’Brien, Clay Landry
Water markets in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) and the western USA are compared in terms of their ability to allocate scarce water resources. The study finds that the gains from trade in the MDB are worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year (note that all monetary units of dollars in this article are treated as US$ because Australian$ are converted at par). Total market turno...... hiện toàn bộ
Implications of India's biofuel policies for food, water and the poorWater Policy - Tập 10 Số S1 - Trang 95-106 - 2008
Deepak Rajagopal
Increasing consensus about the end of cheap oil, the consequences of global warming and the need for rural development are catalyzing the expansion of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. While most nations are promoting the expansion of conventional crops, India's strategy for biofuels is to promote Jatropha curcas, a drought-tolerant, perennial crop with little prior commercial track rec...... hiện toàn bộ
A never-ending debate: demand versus supply water policies. A CGE analysis for CataloniaWater Policy - Tập 14 Số 4 - Trang 694-708 - 2012
María Llop, Xavier Ponce-Alifonso
Water scarcity is a long-standing problem in Catalonia, as there are significant differences in the spatial and temporal distribution of water throughout the territory. There has consequently been a debate for many years about whether the solution to water scarcity must be considered in terms of efficiency or equity, the role that the public sector must play and the role that market-based ...... hiện toàn bộ
Factors influencing immigrants’ satisfaction in Danjiangkou Reservoir based on logistic regression modelWater Policy - Tập 18 Số 6 - Trang 1384-1398 - 2016
Yuanfeng Qiu, Ge Meng, Yongping Wei
Findings from a prospective study of project-induced migration along the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China are reported. The study seeks to identify the key factors influencing differences in immigrants’ satisfaction, from their own characteristics, family income, production conditions, living conditions, social conditions, resource conditions, and environ...... hiện toàn bộ