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Liquid assets : an economic approach for water management and conflict resolution in the Middle East and beyond /
Liquid Assets shows that the common view of water as an inevitable cause of future wars is neither rational nor necessary. Typically, two or more parties with claim to the same water sources are thought to play a zero-sum game with each side placing a high emotional and political value over the owne...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Resources for the Future,
[2005]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Liquid Assets shows that the common view of water as an inevitable cause of future wars is neither rational nor necessary. Typically, two or more parties with claim to the same water sources are thought to play a zero-sum game with each side placing a high emotional and political value over the ownership of the water. However, Franklin Fisher and his coauthors demonstrate that when disputes in ownership are expressed as disputes about money values, in most cases, the benefits of ownership will be surprisingly small. By assigning an economic value to water and treating water as a tradable resou. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136525575 1136525572 1280686960 9781280686962 9786613663900 6613663905 1936331373 9781936331376 |