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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Water Market"”.
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Integrating water resources management : analysis of the St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, water market
… is to contribute to the understanding of the water resources management of the St. Thomas water market. By applying the framework for Integrated Water Resources Management, the actual water resources situation in the island was analyzed. This framework requires meeting three criteria: economic …
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Modeling the impact of transaction costs and alternative supply sources on water market activity in the western U.S.
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Would a water market system coupled with a beneficial use doctrine similar to that of the western United States help foster sustainability of water resource allocation in New Zealand?
In New Zealand, water supply has historically been a given. There is a perception that the country is well-watered and up to a point this is true, or at least has been true. However water is not always available at the right time or at the right place. In addition there are problems brought on by …
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Assessing the role of human behaviors in the management of extreme hydrological events: an agent-based modeling approach
… events considers a hypothetical agricultural water market based on double auction. Farmers’ multiple behaviors (irrigation and bidding behaviors) are modeled in an ABM framework. The impacts of the interplay of these behaviors on water market performance are evaluated under various …
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Rules for water allocation in a small watershed: A game theoretic approach
… transfer) or spot rights (rights rental) to water may result in third party effects that place practical limits on the geographic scope of a water market. The result will be a market with few eligible participants. A ""thin"" market suffers from strategic manipulation and allocational …
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Determining the socio-economic value of groundwater: Franschhoek case study
… pressure to develop new supplies of fresh water to cater for the regions rapidly growing demand. Groundwater is being explored as a possible contributor to the freshwater supply. Development of the resource has been slow despite the existence of significant potential groundwater resources …
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Efficiency of Water Markets under Prior Appropriation: Evidence from Permanent Water Rights Sales in Nevada
Throughout much of the semiarid West, water is managed by states under the legal doctrine of prior appropriation, where those with the earliest claim to a beneficial use of water have the first right to use that water in times of scarcity. In Nevada, as in other western states facing water scarcity …
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Transaction Cost Economics of Rice Irrigation Systems in Tanzania: Implications for Collective Action
… operations and maintenance of infrastructures, water management, respect of bylaws and regulations. Contrary to the collective incentives previously studied in managing the irrigation systems, the novelty of this study is the focus of analysis on the transaction costs (TC) of collective action …
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“It is a strange thing for us to see water being sold”: Local Perceptions of the Fijian Bottled Water Industry
<p>Despite the availability of affordable, clean water from taps in our homes, increasing numbers of people are willing to pay for the convenience of portable water, and to consume bottled water imported from an exotic location, such as Fiji. Consequently, FIJI Water, an American-owned …
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“It is a strange thing for us to see water being sold”: Local Perceptions of the Fijian Bottled Water Industry
<p>Despite the availability of affordable, clean water from taps in our homes, increasing numbers of people are willing to pay for the convenience of portable water, and to consume bottled water imported from an exotic location, such as Fiji. Consequently, FIJI Water, an American-owned …
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Integrated water resources management under uncertainty: exploring interconnected technological, infrastructural and institutional solutions
… competition for increasingly scarce freshwater resources. Growing urban demands, land-use change, and a changing climate will further exacerbate regional vulnerability to water scarcity. The intensification of these trends creates several challenges for the future planning and management …
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Essays on the economics of water
… studies three questions in the economics of water resource management. Chapter 1 estimates the economic gains available from greater use of large-scale water markets in California. I develop a revealed-preference empirical approach that exploits observed choices in the existing water market, …
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Fair allocation and trading of surface water rights under the Riparian Doctrine
One key water resource challenge that faces the eastern United States today is how to regulate water withdrawals by offstream users, while preserving the fair sharing philosophy of the common-law Riparian Doctrine. Traditionally, this doctrine requires that riparians (users owning land adjacent to …
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Farm-Level Impacts of Alternative Spatial Water Management Policies for the Protection of Instream Flows
Made available in DSpace on 2009-11-23T21:16:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Palazzo Amanda MS May 2009.pdf: 2444178 bytes, checksum: 9f0e2bf4007916d7156b541520aab9eb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05