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The data collected covers water bottle use, water-borne illnesses, water sanitation, access to water supply, infrastructure, etc. He also discusses water conflicts and how they have come about. This website displays how we have exploited this resource and how we can in turn protect and preserve it for the future.", "websiteTitle": "Pacific Institute", "websiteType": "", "date": "2009", "publisher": "", "place": "", "DOI": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "http://www.worldwater.org/conflict.html", "accessDate": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2011-12-14T04:52:49Z", "dateModified": "2011-12-14T04:52:49Z" } }, { "key": "5TBZIZJ8", "version": 1, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 62329, "name": "ResearchPaperIS4004", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/researchpaperis4004", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/62329/items/5TBZIZJ8", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/researchpaperis4004/items/5TBZIZJ8", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 812906, "username": "ramyers", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/ramyers", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Solomon", "parsedDate": "2010", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "5TBZIZJ8", "version": 1, "itemType": "book", "title": "Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Steven", "lastName": "Solomon" } ], "abstractNote": "Steven Solomon writes about how water scarcity being the next big issue in politics. He discusses that ever human has the right to be given an allotted 13 gallons of water a day. He proposes once those 13 gallons are used by each individual, no matter of what origin, then they must pay for the more resource used. But because this resource has not been made available to everyone on the planet due to geographic and political purposes, there have been, as described by Solomon, a divide between the \"haves\" and \"have-nots\". Water scarcity will only continue to get worse as we continue to over-exploit and over-allocate water as well as continuing the steady increase in population. \"Just as oil conflicts were central to twentieth-century history, the struggle over freshwater is set to shape a new turning point in the world order and the destiny of civilization.\" Solomon proposes in this book that it will ultimately remain on societies with the proper resources infra-structurally, politically, and economically. 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There has been a major shift from agricultural water use to that of urban areas and industrial practices. This has lead to decline in income and farming as a whole in the region, and the water transfers have only lead to indefinite stress for everyone in the region. 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With agriculture consuming 80% of all water in Spain there has been much debate on how consumption patterns can be changed. Many incentives have been proposed as well as different pricing scenarios in order to conserve water. 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Through the effort of management and widespread monitoring water still seems to be an economic good. There is a need for more policy in order to ensure fair pricing of this vital resource. There is a need to find a balance between putting prices on water in order to continue sanitation and supply and also in how water is distributed and allotted equitably. 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There is also the recognition that there is a direct connection between environmental and social well-being. By putting this pressure on governing bodies to provide water resolution can be seen between conflicts in sharing water. Sufficiency and affordability are directly related to our water quality and quantity. 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When it comes to water provision in the public sector there are many normative arguments pertaining to “economic efficiency” that have become insufficient while there are empirical arguments made by the public sector where the “social efficiency” can be reached.", "publicationTitle": "Review of Radical Political Economics", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2010", "volume": "42", "issue": "2", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "156-174", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2011-12-14T04:50:37Z", "dateModified": "2011-12-14T04:50:37Z" } }, { "key": "4UWCSXNI", "version": 1, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 62329, "name": "ResearchPaperIS4004", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/researchpaperis4004", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/62329/items/4UWCSXNI", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/researchpaperis4004/items/4UWCSXNI", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 812906, "username": "ramyers", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/ramyers", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "The World Bank", "parsedDate": "2011", "numChildren": 0 }, "data": { "key": "4UWCSXNI", "version": 1, "itemType": "webpage", "title": "Water and Climate Change", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "", "lastName": "The World Bank" } ], "abstractNote": "As climate change occurs there is an increase in draught and water shortage seen around the world. This could have a much greater impact on developing countries. 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