This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on … rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government …1. Markets and government--an evolving balance -- 2. Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets -- 3 …

The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural … detailing the significant problems of water management which are specific to developing countries. In particular, they highlight … the political economy of water management in the context of both pricing and institutional reform …

The challenge to manage the allocation of water efficiently and equably will become a dominant theme of the new … millennium. At a time when the cost of obtaining fresh water is rising throughout the globe, Terence Lee analyses the means for … establishing and operating effective water markets. He proposes the application of economic instruments and the transfer of water …

analysis of these structures with illustrative application to the allocation of water resources. Ray Challen introduces and … developments in institutional theory are illustrated by using a case study of institutional change in the regulation of water use …

to the basic concepts of water science and water management issues in order to facilitate better interdisciplinary … cooperation. In light of the broadening field and study of water management, the expert contributors set the basis for a holistic … approach to water science by examining the various technical, cross-disciplinary, socio-economic and policy extents. Using …

This outstanding new book provides the most detailed and comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector …1. Water challenge : an institutional diagnosis -- 2. Understanding institutions : nature, performance, and change -- 3 …. Institutional changes in the water sector : a cross-country review -- 8. Institution-performance linkages : evidence and evaluation …

This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several … generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context …1. Water resources planning : past, present and future / John J. Boland and Duane Baumann -- 2. A history of the United …

Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth … exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the … universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed and find ways to …

Introduction -- Investigating water 'scarcity' -- Access to water supply : achieving the Millennium Development Goal … -- Sharing water peacefully : understanding transboundary water-resource conflicts -- An analysis of a river dispute … : interaction of politics and economics -- Improving access to water : institutions, entitlements and inequality -- Consumer …