The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work
Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries. Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world warms, evaporation increases and rainfall becomes less predictable. So we’ll need to work even ha...
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| Format: | Blog Post |
| Language: | Inglés |
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The Conversation
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131127 |
| Summary: | Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries.
Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world warms, evaporation increases and rainfall becomes less predictable. So we’ll need to work even harder to resolve disputes and share this precious resource. |
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