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An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the water sector in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2013-03)
The Caribbean is not homogenous with regard to water resources. The Caribbean climate can be characterized as tropical rainy, with two well-defined seasons, one, rainy, and another, less rainy: these characteristics have ...
PANORAMA OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURSES IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRASIL
(Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, 2016-01-01)
The availability and the different uses of water resources in the State of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) have problems related to water management. This is due to its semi-arid conditions, geographical and physical state ...
Integrated water management from the perspective of the Dublin Principles
(1998-04)
This article analyses the relation between the 1992 Dublin Principles, integrated water planning, and water law. The Dublin Principles were an attempt to concisely state the main issues and purpose of water management in ...
Exploring the water-energy nexus in Brazil: the electricity use for water supply
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-06-01)
The present work evaluates the electricity use for the water production and supply in Brazil. Five categories of indicators were proposed, that is, per capita, water losses, energy, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and financial/economic, ...
Governing Water Resource Allocation: Water User Association Characteristics and the Role of the State
(2021)
Water, as a common pool resource, is threatened by the possibility of overextraction generating a negative economic impact, conflicts among users, and greater income inequality. Scholars have discussed different governance ...
The hydropolitical challenges of domestic water conservation: Palestine and Tunisia case studies
(Routledge, 2016-05)
Southern Mediterranean area, particularly the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has been facing social, economic, environmental and political challenges related to the water scarcity and quality. Within the European ...
Water resources of Chile: an economic model
(ILPES, 1966)
Economic instruments for water managementInstrumentos económicos para la gestión del agua
(Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, 2013)
Delimitation of guava water productivity in the Brazilian northeast
(2012-09-30)
The intensification of agricultural crops in the Brazilian northeast results in a change of natural vegetation, making the quantification and evaluation of the additional water use important. Applications of a Geographic ...