Economics, water management, and conflict resolution in the Middle East and beyond

被引:2
作者
Fisher, FM
Huber-Lee, A
机构
[1] Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
[2] Water Programme, Stockholm Environment Institute
来源
ENVIRONMENT | 2006年 / 48卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.3200/ENVT.48.3.26-41
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Many experts predict that in the near future, parched nations will battle each other over water resources. However, stripping away the emotional and political values associated with water ownership reveals that as a tradable economic good, water is never worth the price of war.
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页数:16
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