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Water Rights, Markets, And Changing Ecological Conditions, Jonathan H. Adler
Water Rights, Markets, And Changing Ecological Conditions, Jonathan H. Adler
Faculty Publications
Conventional environmentalist thought is suspicious of private markets and property rights. The prospect of global climate change, and consequent ecological disruptions, has fueled the call for additional limitations on private markets and property rights. This essay, written for the Environmental Law Symposium on 21st Century Water Law, presents an alternative view. Specifically, this essay briefly explains why environmental problems generally, and the prospect of changing environmental conditions such as those brought about by climate change in particular, do not counsel further restrictions on private property rights and markets. To the contrary, the prospect of significant environmental changes strengthens the case …
Water Marketing As An Adaptive Response To The Threat Of Climate Change, Jonathan H. Adler
Water Marketing As An Adaptive Response To The Threat Of Climate Change, Jonathan H. Adler
Faculty Publications
Demographic changes and existing water use patterns have placed tremendous pressures upon water supplies, particularly in the West. Global climate change will exacerbate pressures on water resources. The gradual warming of the atmosphere is certain to change the distribution and availability of water supplies, with potentially severe consequences for freshwater supplies. While climate change will have a significant impact on water resources through changes in the timing and volume of precipitation, altered evaporation rates, and the like, the precise nature, magnitude, timing, and distribution of such climate-induced changes are unknown. This uncertainty complicates the task of water managers who are …
Back To The Future Of Conservation: Changing Perceptions Of Property Rights & Environmental Protection, Jonathan H. Adler
Back To The Future Of Conservation: Changing Perceptions Of Property Rights & Environmental Protection, Jonathan H. Adler
Faculty Publications
Property rights hold a central place in our Constitutional design and provide the foundation for America's market economy. Admiration of private property has not been universal, however. Some environmental scholars and policymakers have been particularly critical of classical liberal conceptions of private property on both theoretical and practical grounds, suggesting that traditional, classical liberal notions of property rights are incompatible with the demands of environmental protection. These perspectives influenced the development of command-and-control environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. In recent years, however, the perception of private property's role in environmental conservation has begun to change. Disregard for the …
Water Now: The Impact Of Israel's Security Fence On Palestinian Water Rights And Agriculture In The West Bank, Andrew R. Malone
Water Now: The Impact Of Israel's Security Fence On Palestinian Water Rights And Agriculture In The West Bank, Andrew R. Malone
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
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