A Role for Regional Science in Analyzing Water Issues

Christa Court (ccourt@ufl.edu) and Elham Erfanian (elham.erfanian@uky.edu)
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Christa Court: Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
Elham Erfanian: Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University

Working Papers from 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.

Keywords: Water; Regional Science; Integrated Analysis; Open Science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q25 R1 Y2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2019-08-13
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