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Using Best Worst Scaling to prioritise issues in major river catchments: The Murray Darling Basin in Australia 利用 "最佳最差规模 "确定主要流域问题的优先次序：澳大利亚墨累达令流域

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2024.100237

John Rolfe , Darshana Rajapaksa , Megan Star , Nicole Flint

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The economic benefits of remediation actions in the Waukegan harbor area of concern 沃基根港关注区补救行动的经济效益

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100236

Emma Donnelly , Richard T. Melstrom , Lopamudra Chakraborti

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A closer look at residential water demand elasticities in the short and long run 短期和长期住宅用水需求弹性分析

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100235

Yvonne Matthews , Asaad Shamseldin

{"title":"A closer look at residential water demand elasticities in the short and long run","authors":"Yvonne Matthews , Asaad Shamseldin","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2023.100235","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hotter, drier summers and population growth are causing water management challenges for water authorities in New Zealand. Effective long-term planning requires understanding the dynamics of household responses to demand management and climate variables. This paper analyses a large dataset of household-level demand data over nine years. Dynamic panel time series models are used to estimate short and long-term elasticities, interactions between demand management and climate variables, and associations with property characteristics. The general belief is that water demand becomes more sensitive to price changes over the long term compared to the short term. Yet, previous studies that directly compared long and short-run elasticities had limitations, as they imposed a constraint on the long-run estimate, assuming it to be larger. The models presented in this paper are more flexible and can identify the opposite scenario should it be present. We find long-run price elasticity may not be larger for new high-value properties or high-value properties with small gardens. Low-value properties have smaller short-run and larger long-run price elasticity. High-value properties respond more to outdoor restrictions and associated conservation messages than low-value properties. We discuss the policy implications of these findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 100235"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212428423000208/pdfft?md5=cc7068894562f8e997e98496a161fb9b&pid=1-s2.0-S2212428423000208-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138472777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Estimation of a demand system to obtain the price elasticities of water and elasticities of substitution in the Chilean industrial sector 估算智利工业部门用水价格弹性和替代弹性的需求系统

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100234

Cristian Mardones , Antonia Orellana

{"title":"Estimation of a demand system to obtain the price elasticities of water and elasticities of substitution in the Chilean industrial sector","authors":"Cristian Mardones , Antonia Orellana","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100234","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100234","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>A system of demand for inputs and productive factors is estimated to calculate the elasticities of substitution<span> and the own-price elasticity of industrial water demand in Chile. A previous study used the Annual National Industrial Survey (ENIA) panel (1995–2014) to estimate the value of water and own-price elasticity through a translog production function. However, that database does not report the industrial firms' location to protect the informants’ statistical secrecy. In contrast, in this study, the survey ENIA 2018 is chosen since it includes the region where each firm is located, which allows for evaluating the endogeneity of the water price variable and using three instrumental variables<span> related to the water supply. In addition, the performance of non-linear regression methods with constraints is evaluated to ensure that the estimated coefficients meet the conditions imposed by economic theory. The results show that the elasticity of industrial water demand is unitary but not statistically significant in most subsectors. The water demand in the wood and paper </span></span></span>industry subsector is elastic (−2.2) and statistically significant. On the other hand, the elasticities of substitution obtained adopt values very low, indicating that water is an essential resource that is difficult to replace by other inputs or productive factors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 100234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136199775","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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Analyzing water-related equity indices in times of COVID-19 分析2019冠状病毒病时期与水相关的股票指数

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100232

Manuel Monge , María Fátima Romero Rojo , Luis A. Gil-Alana

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What builds consumer intention to use smart water meters – Extended TAM-based explanation 是什么建立了消费者使用智能水表的意愿-扩展的基于tam的解释

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100233

Konstantinos Madias, Andrzej Szymkowiak, Barbara Borusiak

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Water consumption rationalization using demarketing strategies in the Gaza Strip, Palestine 在巴勒斯坦加沙地带利用非销售战略实现用水合理化

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100227

Mohammed Z. Salem , Myriam Ertz

{"title":"Water consumption rationalization using demarketing strategies in the Gaza Strip, Palestine","authors":"Mohammed Z. Salem , Myriam Ertz","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2023.100227","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Water access is a critical public policy problem that many people face worldwide. As demand for fresh water rises and supply declines, a growing number of regions and localities, including cities, will be compelled to respond to water shortages. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the rationalization of water consumption utilizing demarketing strategies in the Gaza Strip (GS), Palestine. The population under study comprises the residents of the GS, amounting to approximately 2.1 million (2021) individuals. A survey among 372 respondents living and working in the five GS governorates, using a stratified random sample approach to mirror the population distribution, finds a significant relationship between consumer attitudes toward reducing water consumption and 5 key marketing variables (product, price, place, promotion, and people). Furthermore, four moderators reinforced these relationships, i.e., the perceived role of laws and legislations, perceived moral obligation, perceived water right, and institutional sentiment toward the water authority's management of water resources. Additionally, age, education level, marital status, and monthly income influence the effect of the demarketing mix on consumer attitudes toward reducing water consumption. This study informs managerial action and policy-making about the key variables to modulate in order to improve consumers' attitudes toward water rationalization and thus intrinsically motivate consumers to curb water consumption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100227"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49751973","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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Why are municipal wastewater treatment plants abandoned in Mexico? When a more money policy approach is not enough 墨西哥为何废弃市政污水处理厂?当更多的货币政策手段还不够时

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100226

Antonio Cáñez-Cota , César Rentería

{"title":"Why are municipal wastewater treatment plants abandoned in Mexico? When a more money policy approach is not enough","authors":"Antonio Cáñez-Cota , César Rentería","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2023.100226","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The abandonment or closure of wastewater treatment plants is a potential problem in sanitation policies, where municipalities must decide which type of plant should build in their territory. We used an interaction effects model to test the effect of financial self-sufficiency in the operation of Mexican treatment plants in the national sanitation policy periods: the </span><em>more money policy approach</em> and the <em>more planning policy approach</em>. Our results show that during the <em>more planning policy approach</em>, the wastewater treatment plants' effectiveness increases more than the <em>more money policy approach</em> period, which is more vital in plants with low operating costs. Municipal financial self-sufficiency positively affects wastewater treatment plants' effectiveness more substantially in plants with high operating costs. Policy implications of these findings aim to be careful with the <em>more money policy approach</em> to developing wastewater infrastructure since municipalities require proper planning for the particular conditions of each site. The Mexican case shows how combining municipal financial insufficiency and centralization of planning in the national government, as is common in the countries of the Global South, affects the probability of plant survivorship. Furthermore, the effect of this combination grows when national governments increase their budgets to invest.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49751833","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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Household preferences for cyber-attack resilient water distribution networks: A latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment in France 家庭对网络攻击弹性供水网络的偏好:法国离散选择实验的潜在阶级分析

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100230

Bénédicte Rulleau

{"title":"Household preferences for cyber-attack resilient water distribution networks: A latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment in France","authors":"Bénédicte Rulleau","doi":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100230","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wre.2023.100230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Increasing concern over cyber-resilience has generated new research questions for policy and practice from both technical and economic viewpoints. In particular, the acknowledged importance of the adaptive behaviour of citizens when confronted with unexpected events requires an improved understanding of preferences for measures that seek to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructure. This paper aims to contribute to this growing body of research by elicitating the preferences of Eurometropolis of Strasbourg (France) inhabitants for greater resilience of their water distribution system to cyber-attacks. It relies on a Discrete Choice Experiment survey. The results of the </span>latent class model<span><span> show that two classes of respondents exhibit diametrically-opposed preferences. The majority display a high WTP to benefit from a shorter duration of restrictions on </span>water consumption for<span> drinking and cooking and for services for vulnerable people. The remainder, who are younger and less environmentally conscious, do not value the same attributes and, when this happens, their WTP has a negative coefficient. Risk-aversion, knowledge and information are among the variables that help to explain the heterogeneous nature of preferences. Tailored and targeted communication campaigns could therefore prove useful to increase users’ awareness and understanding of the underlying issues and thereby the public commitment to and acceptability of the resilience policies leading to their successful implementation. Our work provides important information for decision-makers and will help in the choice between a public protection policy that improves crisis response and one that promotes </span></span></span><em>ex-ante</em> measures aimed at reducing impacts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48644,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources and Economics","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41366683","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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Household preferences for time and monetary contributions for river restoration: A study from the Danda River Basin in Nepal 家庭对河流修复时间和金钱贡献的偏好:来自尼泊尔丹达河流域的研究

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Water Resources and Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2023.100228

Niraj Khatiwada , Alok K. Bohara , Samrat B. Kunwar

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