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A Role for Regional Science in Analyzing Water Issues

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  • Christa D. Court

    (Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida)

  • Elham Erfanian

    (Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University)

Abstract

The World Economic Forum has consistently ranked water crises as one of the top five most impactful issues facing humanity, alongside but not completely separate from issues such as climate change and natural disasters (World Economic Forum, 2019). A growing population and changing climate will only further stress the constrained water system. Acute and ongoing societal disruptions, caused by significant declines in the available quality and quantity of fresh water around the globe, underscore the importance of water to human life and a functional society. The papers in this special issue highlight the role that regional scientists can and should play in informed decision-making related to water at the local, regional, and national scale.

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  • Christa D. Court & Elham Erfanian, 2019. "A Role for Regional Science in Analyzing Water Issues," Working Papers Research Paper 2019-04, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.
    • Handle: RePEc:rri:wpaper:2019rp04
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    Water; Regional Science; Integrated Analysis; Open Science;
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    • Y2 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Introductions and Prefaces
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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