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Document The Rise and Fall of the Ebro Water Transfer

"The Rise and Fall of the Ebro Water Transfer". This article published in Natural Resources Journal, analyses the Ebro inter-basin transfer, which was the main project of the Spanish National Hydrological Plan. The Ebro transfer was prompted by pervasive perssures, scarcity and degradation of Southeastern basins in Spain.

The heated policy debate on the Ebro transfer highlights the difficulties of achieving a sustainable management of water resources because of the conflicting interests of stakeholders and ergions. Alternatives to the Ebro transfer show that acceptable outcomes combine demand and supply measures. Nevertheless, implementation could be difficult, requiring compensation to farmers; otherwise, an excessive burden on farmers would be met by social opposition, leading to the failure of the measures.

Creator Jose Albiac, Unidad Economia Agraria, CITA-DGA: Avenida Montañana 930, PO Box 727, 50080 Saragossa, Spain; hone: + 34 976716351 ; Fax: + 34 976716335 (email: maella@unizar.es)
Publisher Jose Albiac, Unidad Economia Agraria, CITA-DGA: Avenida Montañana 930, PO Box 727, 50080 Saragossa, Spain; Phone: + 34 976716351 ; Fax: + 34 976716335
Type of document Report
Rights Public
File link http://www.unizar.es/econatura/phn.htm
Source of information University of Zaragoza (Spain)
Keyword(s) Spanish National Hydrological Plan, Ebro inter-basin transfer
Subject(s) POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Relation http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol135532/country824306
Geographical coverage Spain
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