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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"water markets"”.
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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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Assessing Stakeholders' Perceptions of Water Sharing Arrangements in the South Platte River Basin
… US, irrigated agriculture accounts formost freshwater withdrawals, though rapid population growth is increasing urban water demand. In response to these trends, as well as to prolonged drought and aridification of the region, water markets have emerged to transfer water from agricultural to …
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El agua no se vende, el agua se defiende : water rights transfers and community irrigation in New Mexico's acequias
… that remains well adapted to managing scarce water in a dry climate. While the acequia system has proven to be a self-sustaining means of managing common pool resources, it exists in tension with dominant legal doctrines that treat water as subject to tradable property rights. In recent …
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Regional-scale groundwater flow and salt transport models for exploring agro-environmental remediation strategies in an irrigated river valley
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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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Governance of the drinking water supply service: A case study of three Mexican communities
… problem this thesis responds to embraces water institutions governing and managing the DWSS. This thesis contributes to conceptualise drinking water governance as the rules, decision making and the plurality of actors interacting to provide the DWSS and recognising customary water …
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Economic analysis of urban water resources under drought: understanding water management and planning in South Africa
Water scarcity is of the utmost importance for sustaining life and human development. This growing challenge is expected to worsen because of the changing dynamics observed in many countries worldwide. The increasing demand for water, driven primarily by population growth, is one of the main …
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The water framework directive, paradigm shift or unrealized promises? A critical evaluation of its implementation from a boundary, economic and socio-political perspective
… of Directive 2000/60/EC, better known as the Water Framework Directive (WFD), resulted from efforts to create a coherent approach to water policy at the European scale. It requires surface waters (rivers, lakes, wetlands and transitional and coastal waters) to attain good ecological and …