Faced with rapid population growth and increasing difficulties in mobilizing new sources of water, many western states have instituted laws conditioning the approval of residential development on the adequacy of long-term water supplies. Although planners have generally supported these laws as a...

Rapid population growth and increasing costs of new water supplies have led state and local authorities throughout the American West to institute regulations conditioning the approval of residential development on the adequacy of long-term water availability. Using a measure of local water...

Since the early 1990s, concerns over potential adverse effects of a state-sponsored water market have prompted many rural California counties to adopt ordinances restricting groundwater exports. Results from panel regressions that rely on original water market and institutional data indicate...

Faced with rapid population growth and the increasing cost of developing new water supplies, state and local governments throughout the American West have been instituting regulations that make approval of residential development conditional on adequacy of water supplies. Using original data on...