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Demand for freshwater supplies in California is increasing, yet supply is constant and perhaps decreasing due to climate change. Water markets have been used to move water from wet to dry regions in the state, but such transfers are limited by available conveyance infrastructure and transaction costs. Ocean-going waterbags provide an alternative source of conveyance to existing methods and may not have many of the costs that plague other water transfers. I compare the cost of delivering freshwater by waterbags to the projected costs of desalination and existing supply sources for six urban water agencies in central and southern California. Results demonstrate that using waterbags to transport freshwater between northern and central/southern California sufficiently lowers costs that a market could materialize.

September 2006.

Biografisk ressource om computerteknologiens grundlægger Alan Turing (1912-54). Foruden at beskrive hans betydning inden for matematik og computerteknologi belyses også hans politiske rolle, bl.a. under 2. verdenskrig og hans liv som homoseksuel.

This case study considers a range of issues I experienced when beginning ethnographic fieldwork with Croatian minority activists in Serbia. Given the recent wars, tensions between Croatian and Serbian ruling elites, and Serbia''s European Union accession hopes--which necessitated an emphasis on minority rights--the context was politically sensitive. In the introduction, I explain relevant features of the context. I then discuss how activists framed my presence and how entry was negotiated in light of these sensitivities, including the alliances made and relationships cultivated. Following this, I discuss certain struggles over ways in which actors defined the situation. Finally, in the conclusion, I summarize some of the wider lessons learnt and highlight the contradictions between studying a nationally defined minority and drawing on an anti-nationalist scholarly tradition.