In this research project the importance of the natural resource water as location factor for the Bavarian economy and the water industry is examined under the boundary conditions of climate change, demographic development and globalization. Climate change will clearly affect the regional availability of water. The individual regions of Germany will be differently concerned. Apart from an increase of the average temperature, an increase of the number of the summer days and an extension of the vegetation periods, the precipitation will shift and there will be longer drought periods on the one hand and more floods on the other hand as well as an increase of further extreme weather events like increased storm tides at the North Sea Coast. It is to be expected that the heating up fails near the coast and in the mountain country smaller than in the Federal average. The coastal region is threatened against it by flood events, in the mountain country the snow border will shift upward. In south and west Germany more floods are expected, while the east of Germany will be exposed more strongly to the danger of droughts.
Surveys on literature, primary and secondary statistics, interviews with experts of the water sector.
Bavarian Environmental Agency, Bavarian Statistical Office, Federal Statistical Office, Eurostat, Federal Agency for Emploament, Association of Bavarian Gas and Water Suppliers, Association of German Energy and Water Suppliers.
Triebswetter, Ursula and Wackerbauer, Johann, "Wasser als Standortfaktor am Beispiel der bayerischen Wirtschaft", Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht 34 (1), 2011, 17-41
Triebswetter, Ursula and Wackerbauer, Johann, Wasser – Standortfaktor für die bayerische Wirtschaft, ifo Forschungsbericht No. 47 (2010) ( Abstract )
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