Groundwater is a relevant source of drinking and agricultural water in many regions the world, but aquifers have been unsustainably over-drafted polluted. This has significant environmental, health, economic implications. We rely on panel analysis, with small-sample corrections for cluster-robust variance estimation hypothesis testing, to investigate dynamics groundwater extraction. focus Calif...

An effective governance structure is central to growth, sustainable development and equal income distribution (economic welfare) (Glass & Newig, 2020). Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) countries differ in with varying outcomes on economic welfare. This article explores the extent which impacts welfare BRICS viewed as an emerging powerhouse, significant growth prospects — yet d...