New directions in water resources management: The role of water pricing policies

Index includes: access to improved drinking water and sanitation; the availability of renewable water and the reliance on external supplies; the relationship between available

In most arid and semiarid countries, water resource management is an issue as important as controversial. Today most water resources experts admit that water conflicts are not

MANUEL RAMON LLAMAS 1 AND ELENA LOPEZ-GUNN 2 Abstract. Today most water resources experts admit that water conflicts are not caused by the physical scarcity of water. They

- Competition for water and land for non-food supply - Very high energy input agriculture is not replicable - High rates of losses and waste of food. - Environmental implications

• How does the global consumption of rice relate to the use of different kinds of water at production regions?. • What is the role of the blue (surface and ground) and green water

 Enlargement of the Demand Management notion to all kind of water uses including the water requirements for food demand.  Optimization of all water uses including

• Inadvertently, virtual water will play a greater role in food trade – simply as a function of increasing water scarcity and the disparity of water availability between countries

By installing new reservoirs, new storage tanks, piping, pumping stations, and new water treatment plants to satisfy the water demands, the model can improve the