@article{1436655,
      recid = {1436655},
      author = {Turrini, Paolo, and Massarutto, Antonio, and Pertile,  Marco, and De Carli, Alessandro,},
      title = {Water law, policy and economics in Italy : between  national autonomy and EU law constraints /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the  most important water-related issues that centre on Italy,  analysed from several disciplinary perspectives -- such as  hydrology, economics, law, sociology, environmental  sciences and policy studies -- in order to promote full  understanding of the challenges the country is facing and  the ways it could best tackle them. Despite the  misconception that Italy is a water-scarce country, is in  fact quite rich in water resources. Such resources,  however, are unevenly distributed over the Italian  territory. Italy's northern regions rely on quite an  abundant quantity of freshwater, whereas in the southern  area water endowment is limited. Moreover, climatic  differences between North and South contribute to widen the  divide. This disparity has notable consequences of  socio-economic character, some of which, in turn, feed back  into the environmental conditions of Italian regions:  pollution, floods, landslides and droughts are among the  problems affecting the country. There are numerous features  of water use and consumption that distinguish Italy from  other comparable countries, such as the significant role  played by agriculture (a water-intensive activity), a lead  position in the consumption of bottled water,  lower-than-average prices of water and a far-from-optimal  efficiency of waterworks. All such aspects, and many  others, make Italy an essential case study.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1436655},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69075-5},
}