Environmental "nonuse rights" warrant caution

Lucas, Patrick, Evans, Megan C., Lockie, Stewart, and Moon, Katie (2021) Environmental "nonuse rights" warrant caution. Science, 374 (6569). p. 832.

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DOI: 10.1126/science.abm4324

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Abstract

[Extract] Extreme precipitation across China, Europe, and the United States led to unprecedented flood disasters this year, with hundreds of people killed and billions of dollars in losses. Thousand-year flood events in China and Europe and a 100-year flood event in the United States devastated inland regions not typically subject to extreme floods (1). The flooding in China, largely in Henan province, affected more than 14 million people, killing over 300 and inundating 16 million hectares of crops with direct economic losses of US$20.69 billion and indirect costs magnitudes greater (2). While climate change has been viewed as the primary culprit of these disasters (3, 4), these inland regions’ extreme lack of preparedness for such flooding events compounded the losses (5).


Item ID:	72245
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	0036-8075
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2022 11:48
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441002 Environmental sociology @ 50% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4407 Policy and administration > 440704 Environment policy @ 50%
SEO Codes:	19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1902 Environmental policy, legislation and standards > 190211 Water policy (incl. water allocation) @ 50% 19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1902 Environmental policy, legislation and standards > 190208 Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation) @ 50%
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