Interdisziplin�re Umweltforschung aus �konomischer Sicht

Faber, Malte; Manstetten, Reiner; Müller, G. C.

doi:10.1007/bf01138543

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“…The definition of an economic good requires the existence of conditions of relative or absolute scarcity. Relative scarcity in terms of neoclassical environmental and resource economics, pioneered for water by Faber [32], is defined in terms of quantity over available water resources as when "a good is scarce in relation to other scarce goods" [33]. Absolute scarcity corresponds to purely ecological economics [34], at some regional levels where water carries opportunity costs.…”

Section: Blue and Green Water Definitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

Zisopoulou¹,

Zisopoulos

Panagoulia

2022

Water

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An analysis of the following aspects of water economics was undertaken: Water as an Economic and Social Good, Modes of Government Intervention, Water Scarcity in Economic Theory and Agricultural Water Management Changes, with the support of over 300 sources. Emphasis was placed on the connection with primary aspects of economics, in contrast to the usual applicative expositions found in water economics literature. This is a novel approach comparing international bodies’ definitions with economic theory at primary level which leads, upon occasion, to serious contradictions which were exhibited in broad lines. Furthermore, it compares the global implications of these definitions to the existing reality at country level, and a lack of bilateral consistency is exhibited. The uniform picture presented at global level is shown to become a non-uniform one at country level, where sharp variations in resources and availability form a competitive market between nations, and water-rich countries already possessing a competitive advantage are shown to attain a water-based comparative advantage as well. It is shown that although at country level water has a quasi-public good character with minimal private good market existence, this is achieved with the existence of a private goods market at international level via international trade in virtual water. A novel approach to management problems stemming from authority levels starting at global level and ending at farm level is analyzed and redressed by employing reality gap theory.

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Section: Blue and Green Water Definitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

Zisopoulou¹,

Zisopoulos

Panagoulia

2022

Water

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“…On the other hand, both resource economics, dictated by the sovereign state's economic policy, and the hydrological cycle are open systems at country level and consequently the degrees of water scarcity differ as well. In this case, as can be seen at country level in Figure 19 below, the notion of relative scarcity pioneered by Faber [616], defined in terms of quantity over available water resources as "a good is scarce in relation to other scarce goods" [617], plays a role which cannot manifest itself in a credible way at a global scale due to inequitable availability of resources. In the case of transnationally shared resources a case study of the Aral Sea [618] shows equal probability of conflict and cooperation, a matter not taken into account at global scale statistics and as a general problem it is still in the phase of suggesting a viable solution [619][620][621].…”

Section: Country Scale More Pertinent Than Globalmentioning

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An In-Depth Analysis of Physical Blue and Green Water Scarcity in Agriculture in Terms of Causes and Events and Perceived Amenability to Economic Interpretation

Zisopoulou¹,

Panagoulia

2021

Water

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An analytical review of physical blue and green water scarcity in terms of agricultural use, and its amenability to economic interpretation, is presented, employing more than 600 references. The main definitions and classifications involved and information about reserves and resources are critically analyzed, blue and green water scarcity are examined along with their interchange, while their causal connection with climate in general is analyzed along with the particular instances of Europe, Africa, Asia and the WANA region. The role of teleconnections and evaporation/moisture import-export is examined as forms of action at a distance. The human intervention scarcity driver is examined extensively in terms of land use land cover change (LULCC), as well as population increase. The discussion deals with following critical problems: green and blue water availability, inadequate accessibility, blue water loss, unevenly distributed precipitation, climate uncertainty and country level over global level precedence. The conclusion singles out, among others, problems emerging from the inter-relationship of physical variables and the difficulty to translate them into economic instrumental variables, as well as the lack of imbedding uncertainty in the underlying physical theory due to the fact that country level measurements are not methodically assumed to be the basic building block of regional and global water scarcity.

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Kuppelproduktion und Umweltpolitik: Eine Fallstudie zur Chlorchemie und zur Schwefels�ureindustrie

Faber

Jöst²,

Manstetten³

et al. 1996

J. Prakt. Chem.

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Joint Production and Environmental Policy: A Case Study for the Chlorine and Sulphuric Acid Industry The chemical industry is a key sector of industrialised economy. Thus, environmental policy with a focus on the chemical industry is likely to affect the economy as a whole. In this article we show, that environmental regulation of the chemical industry has major consequences for other production sectors. Two major problem areas of the chemical industry are considered: the chlorine industry and the sulphur industry. While the chlorine industry can cope with environmental legislation by process and product innovation without a substantial impact on other sectors, this is not the case with the sulphur industry. The production of its key product, sulphuric acid, utilises joint products of other sectors as inputs. The chemical industry offers these sectors the possibility to dispose of their unwanted by‐products. Environmental policy, directed towards a reduction of sulphuric acid is likely to cause a waste disposal problem in sectors which manufacture sulphur or sulphur dioxide as by‐products. Solving environmental problems within the chemical industry therefore creates new problems in other sectors.

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Interdisziplin�re Umweltforschung aus �konomischer Sicht

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

Water Economics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Connection of Blue Water with Some Primary Level Aspects of Economic Theory I

An In-Depth Analysis of Physical Blue and Green Water Scarcity in Agriculture in Terms of Causes and Events and Perceived Amenability to Economic Interpretation

Kuppelproduktion und Umweltpolitik: Eine Fallstudie zur Chlorchemie und zur Schwefels�ureindustrie

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