Two scenarios were developed based on multiple governmental policies and allocation schemes among provinces and departments.
These changes have often created bureaucratic and logistical nightmares as well as political tensions among provinces.
Based on the results, this paper suggests that virtual water flow among provinces should be linked to water resource management.
According to the study, the most cost-effective energy cap policy would be to combine a cap on "downstream" fossil fuel use (processing and consumption by manufacturers and consumers) with a national energy saving allowance trading system among provinces.
The communiqué's idea of outside oversight for dissident Episcopal dioceses and the recent consecrations of bishops to serve breakaway congregations violated most bishops' notions of local authority and appropriate interactions among provinces of the communion, bishops said.
The obtained results were particularly useful for multi-level governments in providing information to identify the carbon intensity reduction target, conducting emission reduction assignments among provinces and departments, as well as supporting relevant policy-making.
In the past, local-level experimentation and innovation have proved integral to China's progress, with competition among provinces, cities and companies often helping the country to break out of bureaucratic and structural logjams.
Differences exist among provinces.
The size of the bond differs among provinces.
The shape, size and number of sample plots vary greatly among provinces.
A coefficient of 0 expresses perfect equality among provinces, while 1 would mean that production and consumption are completely disparate.
