全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Simple Myths and Basic Maths about Greening Irrigation

G2TT

来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	Simple Myths and Basic Maths about Greening Irrigation
	Carlos M. Gómez; C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco
发表日期	2015
出处	Climate Change and Sustainable Development
出版年	2015
语种	英语
摘要	Greening the economy is mostly about improving water governance and not only about putting the existing resource saving technical alternatives into practice. Focusing on the second and forgetting the first risks finishing with a highly efficient use of water services at the level of each individual user but with an unsustainable amount of water use for the entire economy. This might be happening already in many places with the modernization of irrigated agriculture, the world’s largest water user and the one offering the most promising water saving opportunities. In spite of high expectations, modern irrigation techniques seem not to be contributing to reduce water scarcity and increase drought resiliency. In fact, according to the little evidence available, in some areas they are resulting in higher water use. Building on basic economic principles this study aims to show the conditions under which this apparently paradoxical outcome, known as the Jevons’ Paradox, might appear. This basic model is expected to serve as guidance for assessing the actual outcomes of increasing irrigation efficiency and to discuss the changes in water governance that would be required for this to make a real contribution to sustainable water management. *** Suggested citation: Gómez, C.M., Pérez-Blanco, 2014, "Simple Myths and Basic Maths About Greening Irrigation", Water Resources Management 28(12), 4035-4044, doi: 10.1007/s11269-014-0725-9.
特色分类	Q15;Q18;Q25;Q51;Q58
关键词	Jevons' Paradox Rebound Effect Agricultural Economics Water Economics Irrigation Efficiency
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/simple-myths-and-basic-maths-about-greening-irrigation/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/118371
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Carlos M. Gómez,C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco. Simple Myths and Basic Maths about Greening Irrigation. 2015.

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