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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Autores principales: Wheeler, Sarah Ann, Ringler, Claudia
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: The Conversation 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131127
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Sumario: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.