The construction of the Rogun Dam in the Amu Darya Basin to increase upstream energy generation creates potential trade-offs with existing downstream irrigation, due to the different timing of energy and irrigation water demands. The present analysis, based on a hydro-economic optimization model,...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Ringler, Claudia
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Bhaduri, Anik
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Jeuland, M.
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[How would the Rogun Dam affect water and energy scarcity in Central Asia?]
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How would the Rogun Dam affect water and energy scarcity in Central Asia?
The Global Community tries to make progress on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that UN member states adopted in 2015. Key among these are SDG 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”; SDG 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable man...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Perez, Nicostrato
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, Tingju
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[The impact of a carbon tax on fossil fuels on the WEF nexus]
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The impact of a carbon tax on fossil fuels on the WEF nexus
Climate change is expected to considerably affect the water resources in the Indus River basin in Pakistan and thus agricultural production in the country. This article reports an analysis of the impacts of various climate scenarios on both water resources and food production out to 2050. While c...
Zhu, T.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Iqbal MM
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Sulser TB
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Goheer MA
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[Climate change impacts and adaptation options for water and food in Pakistan: scenario analysis using an integrated global water and food projections model]
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Climate change impacts and adaptation options for water and food in Pakistan: scenario analysis using an integrated global water and food projections model
Water scarcity driven by climate change, growing demand, and inefficient management of water and related infrastructure is a serious threat to livelihoods in the Aral Sea Basin (ASB) of Central Asia. In recent decades, downstream water shortages have become increasingly common and inflows into th...
The Indus Basin Irrigation System suffers significant inequity in access to surface water across its millions of users. Information, i.e., monitoring and reporting of water availability, may be of value in improving conditions across the basin, and we investigated this via an experimental game of...
Shah, M.Azeem A.
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Anwar, Arif A.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab]
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What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab
Given their substantial societal benefits, such as supporting economic activities and providing better livelihoods in rural areas, ecosystem services should gain higher importance in water-food-energy nexus debates. Yet, not all values from ecosystems are quantifiable, data is often not adequate ...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Ringler, Claudia
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Mueller, M.
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[Ecosystem services in the water-energy-food nexus]
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Ecosystem services in the water-energy-food nexus