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This book argues that the economic appeal of using water charges to promote efficiency in usage and pollution control can be constrained by institutional and operational problems. Analysing the cases of France, Mexico and Brazil, the authors--respective local experts--illustrate that barriers...
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. Making the transition : moving water resources planning and management into the twenty-first century / Gerald E. Galloway …
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future challenges is required. A conceptual framework which involves a decision making cycle integrating best management …
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This important book sheds light on the ways in which modern tools of welfare economics can be used to assess the benefits and costs of resource conflicts involving hydropower. The chapters highlight key methodological issues in this area; ranging from the intersection between cost-benefit analysis...
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This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on theory and practice in Australia. Policymakers are striving to strike a balance between the pros and cons of a property rights/market based approach to the allocation of water...
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developed countries where the management of this valuable resource has become a critical policy concern. This authoritative new … 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 …
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1. Water challenge : an institutional diagnosis -- 2. Understanding institutions : nature, performance, and change -- 3. Existing literature : approaches, attempts, and limitations -- 4. Evaluating institutional linkages : towards an alternative methodology -- 5. Analytical framework and...
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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 … and Helen Ingram -- Integrating environmental and other public values in water allocation and management decisions …
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Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...
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