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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"water trading"”.
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A Market-Based Arid-Region Water Resources Planning Model: Application to the Guhai Water Distribution System, China
… national agriculture production, have confronted water supplying crisis triggered by the rapid growth of local economy. The Arid Zone of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (AZN) is one of the arid regions that severely suffer from water shortage. Since 1970s, local people has been relying on the water …
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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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Impact assessment of hydroclimatic change on water stress in the Indus Basin
… availability. Climate change, growth in sectoral water demands, and changes in water management infrastructure could have a profound impact on water stress in the coming decades. The interplay and contribution of these influences is explored using a model of the managed Indus River basin. To …
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Three essays in sustainable operations management with implications for the triple bottom line
… product development in this dissertation. Freshwater is an invaluable resource to all life on earth. Groundwater reservoirs, an important source of freshwater, are drying up across the United States and the globe, creating a severe mismatch in the supply and demand of freshwater. Two new …
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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 …