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Use of environmental equipment and personnel to manage wastewater: Insight from responses to regulatory enforcement 使用环境设备和人员来管理废水：从对监管执法的反应中获得的见解

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100270

Zach Raff , Dietrich Earnhart

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Sustainable seasonal land fallowing policy to combat groundwater overdraft in China: Insights from a choice experiment 中国应对地下水透支的可持续季节性土地休耕政策：来自选择实验的见解

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100261

Zhuanlin Wang , Hongbo Deng , Jinxia Wang , Alec Zuo , Baozhu Guan , Jiajia Wang

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Household perception bias on water price in China: Asymmetric impacts and policy treatment 中国家庭对水价的认知偏差：不对称影响与政策处理

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100262

Jun–Jun Jia , Li Luo , Maorong Jiang , Huaqing Wu

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Enhancing water efficiency: Distribution efficiency and consumption synergies 提高用水效率：分配效率和消费协同效应

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100260

Esther Díaz-Cano , Julio Berbel , Nazaret M. Montilla-López , Alfonso Expósito

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Water valuation in incentivized bargaining games 激励议价博弈中的水估值

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100259

Margarita Gáfaro , César Mantilla

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Water resource tax policy and micro environmental performance improvement in China's water-intensive industries 水资源税政策与中国水密集型产业微观环境绩效改善

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100258

Qiao Wang (王乔) , Koji Shimada , Jiahui Yuan (袁嘉慧)

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Valuing the benefits of climate adaptation measures to reduce urban flooding: Community preferences for nature-based solutions 评估气候适应措施减少城市洪水的效益：社区对基于自然的解决方案的偏好

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100257

Anders Dugstad , Hajar Ben Hammou , Ståle Navrud

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Water scarcity and food security in the mediterranean region: The role of alternative water sources and controlled-environment agriculture 地中海地区的水资源短缺和粮食安全：替代水源和控制环境农业的作用

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2025.100256

Ruslana Rachel Palatnik , Orna Raviv , Julia Sirota , Mordechai Shechter

{"title":"Water scarcity and food security in the mediterranean region: The role of alternative water sources and controlled-environment agriculture","authors":"Ruslana Rachel Palatnik , Orna Raviv , Julia Sirota , Mordechai Shechter","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2025.100256","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wre.2025.100256","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change and population growth exacerbate water scarcity in the Mediterranean region, threatening food security. A variety of modeling approaches that embed water into a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework is available. However, only a few studies incorporate non-conventional, alternative water sources (e.g., desalination, treated, brackish) into economic analyses. Alternative water sources vary in energy and capital intensity and, therefore, in costs and externalities. We present the first study to introduce alternative water sources to a global CGE model. We also investigate the role of novel technologies of controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) that save water and land at the cost of higher energy intensity than traditional agriculture practices. The results show that the availability of alternative water sources increases the domestic production of grain crops in the North Mediterranean region. The countries that gain the most from CEA technologies are those with a higher share of irrigation and skilled labor. The results reflect the significant value of alternative water sources and CEA technologies to the agricultural sector. The outcomes also indicate that alternative water practices and CEA may bring about a positive trajectory in food security and the global economy, with a negligible effect on energy use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 100256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Interregional watershed services: Valuation of the benefits of controlled embankment breaches to manage urban flood risk 区域间流域服务：对控制堤坝决口以管理城市洪水风险的效益进行估值

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2024.100254

Nguyen H.D. My , Valeria M. Toledo-Gallegos , Tran Huu Tuan , Tobias Börger

{"title":"Interregional watershed services: Valuation of the benefits of controlled embankment breaches to manage urban flood risk","authors":"Nguyen H.D. My , Valeria M. Toledo-Gallegos , Tran Huu Tuan , Tobias Börger","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2024.100254","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wre.2024.100254","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Lower Mekong delta of Vietnam, particularly Can Tho city, is highly susceptible to flooding which urgently calls for significant efforts to mitigate urban flood risks. A possible measure to reduce flood risk is the application of controlled embankment breaches (CEB) in a rural province upstream. Utilising a Protection Motivation Theory approach, this paper uses a contingent valuation to assess the welfare effects of a reduction of flood risks in the city resulting from CEB in the upstream region of the delta. The findings revealed that households residing in the downstream areas of Vietnamese Mekong Delta were willing to financially support the implementation of the CEB upstream in An Giang city, as a measure to alleviate urban flood threats in Can Tho city. These results suggest that interregional cooperation, involving the concept of payments for watershed services between regional jurisdictions, may help to effectively mitigate flood risk in a low-lying population centre in a major river delta. As such, these findings can inform policies for urban flood risk mitigation regarding the development of a more comprehensive flood risk reduction strategy in similar geographical contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 100254"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Identifying optimal funding allocations for public water infrastructure improvements under uncertainty 确定不确定情况下改善公共水利基础设施的最佳资金分配方案

IF 2.3 3区经济学

Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2024.100253

Seong-Hoon Cho, James C. Mingie, Sreedhar Upendram

{"title":"Identifying optimal funding allocations for public water infrastructure improvements under uncertainty","authors":"Seong-Hoon Cho, James C. Mingie, Sreedhar Upendram","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2024.100253","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wre.2024.100253","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diversified and locally managed funding strategies bring substantial benefits to water infrastructure investments across financial, social, institutional, and political spheres. However, these strategies often occupy a secondary role in the public sector's capital allocation process. We outline optimal funding strategies for water infrastructure by zeroing in on communities' specific needs and navigating two types of uncertainty—historical and priority uncertainty—across both long-run (multi-decade) and short-run (recent years) timeframes. Employing Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), our approach pinpoints optimal funding distribution both across and within categories (namely, individual counties) based on their funding needs. By comparing these distributions with Tennessee's Clean Water State Revolving Fund's historical funding approach, we benchmark how risk and socioeconomic factors influenced past decisions. This analysis yields optimal allocations that inform which counties should be given priority by public funding agencies, moving toward portfolios that adeptly balance risk with funding necessity. Our methodology is executed in two stages, each bearing distinct implications. The initial stage seeks to prioritize groups of counties based on their funding needs, considering both immediate and long-term contexts, in line with what government agencies might aim to achieve. The subsequent stage refines the equilibrium between risk and need at a more detailed level within these groups, facilitating risk diversification that effectively addresses both short- and long-term funding requirements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 100253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142428533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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