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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Water Allocations"”.
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An improved multicriterion analysis approach to avoid subjectivity in irrigation water allocation decisions
… was performing poorly. In-built rigidity in water allocations was found as main reason behind its poor performance. The results from the farmers surveys also revealed that the objective of increasing irrigation water productivity would never be attained under the warabandi arrangements. …
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Hydrologic-economic modeling of irrigated agriculture in the Lower Murrumbidgee Catchment : investigations into sustainability
Increasing water scarcity and growing demand for food have made better management of land and water resources essential to maintaining the sustainability of irrigated agriculture. Policies designed to improve environmental quality and irrigated production need to be analyzed in an integrated …
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Value creation in water allocation negotiations : lessons from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River and Lower Colorado River Basins
Intense water disputes in the United States are being caused by new and conflicting demands from many quarters and changes in water availability that appear to be caused by climate change. Projections of heightened water conflict signify the need to understand the best methods of resolving these …
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Water Allocation in Southern Alberta
This dissertation examines water allocation in southern Alberta and develops a fungibility framework for water rights and examines a range of characteristics impacting the transferability of water rights in southern Alberta. Fungibility is the degree to which water rights are homogenous. The …
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Simulating Community Dynamics in Rural-Urban Water Transfers through an Integrated Agent-Based and Input-Output Modeling Approach
As societal water demands grow and suitable water supplies decline, water users are increasingly in conflict over this limited resource. In regions where water is sufficiently limited, water is often already fully allocated, leaving reallocation between users as the most viable solution to meet new …
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Understanding the Effect of Climate and Hydrometeorological Extremes on Natural and Human-Induced Hydrosystems
… forcings, human-induced interventions, and water balance in both natural and modified basins are essential for developing reliable and resilient hydrosystems and for better water resources management. In response, this dissertation focuses on investigating the hydroclimatology of natural and …
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The Feasibility of Integrated Water Resources Management in Pakistan
… mismanagement, Pakistan is experiencing a severe water crisis. The mismanagement of Pakistan’s resources is linked to its legacy of colonialism. Failures to reign in the stranglehold of the rural elite or invest in transformative policies is leading to a downward spiral of poverty linked to …
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Water as property: the social impact of water reform on agriculturalists in the Murray-Darling Basin New South Wales
… to sociology and social policy discussions on water reform in New South Wales, Australia. While the study draws on political economy theory in examining water as ‘property’ under economic rationalism policies, it makes an ethnographic contribution to rural sociology as it traces institutional …
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Improving water allocation law and policy in New Zealand: Lessons from Australia
… Zealand learn from the Australian experience in water allocation? In order to answer this question the thesis first examines the current water allocation law and policy problems in New Zealand. New Zealand has problems with over allocation and a lack of mechanisms to transfer water. There are …
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Macrobenthic community and ecotoxicological status of the Nhlabane Estuary
… of the estuary in relation to reduced freshwater input into the system and its effect on the macrobenthic community, as well as the potential trace metal contamination of the estuary water, sediment and biota due to mining activities. The study aimed to describe the macrobenthic community of …