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 …

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 …

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 …

water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole, the case studies … : management of a recovering fishery -- 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity -- 6. Managing …

on the electric system / Rae Zimmerman ... [et al.] -- Regional economic impacts of a terrorist attack on the water …

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation -- 3. Water as an economic good -- 4 … Archipelago in Sweden -- 8. The costs and benefits of implementing the European Urban Waste Water Directive in Greece -- 9. Cost …-benefit analysis of the remedial action plan to improve water quality in the Great Lakes in Canada -- 10. Benefit-cost analysis of …

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 …

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 …

climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water … hydrologic-agriculture model is developed to explore how the region would adapt to changes in water flows. Interactions between … Laurie L. Houston -- 10. Water resources impacts / Jay R. Lund ... [et al.] -- 11. Agricultural impacts / Richard Howitt and …