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How Does Urbanization Affect Water Withdrawals? Insights from an Econometric-Based Landscape Simulation

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  • Daniel P. Bigelow
  • Andrew J. Plantinga
  • David J. Lewis
  • Christian Langpap

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Effects on water resources are an understudied aspect of the environmental consequences of urbanization. We study how urban land development affects water withdrawals on a regional scale to account for market adjustments, human behavioral responses, and government institutions. Fine-scale econometric and simulation methods are used to represent the spatial heterogeneity associated with determinants of water withdrawals. Our analysis reveals a complicated relationship between future water withdrawals and changes in socioeconomic drivers. Despite population growth of approximately 85% and a doubling of income, water withdrawals in two urban areas increase by at most 12% and in another area, decrease slightly.

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  • Daniel P. Bigelow & Andrew J. Plantinga & David J. Lewis & Christian Langpap, 2017. "How Does Urbanization Affect Water Withdrawals? Insights from an Econometric-Based Landscape Simulation," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 93(3), pages 413-436.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:93:y:2017:i:3:p:413-436
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.93.3.413
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    JEL classification:

    • Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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