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 …

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 …

One of the most pressing global issues of the 21st century is the scarcity of water to ensure economic, environmental … critically important. But water scarcity has many implications, and it is possible that different reporting approaches, generally … called water accounting systems, can be appropriate to addressing them. In this key book, international experts respond to …

This multi-disciplinary book provides practical solutions for safeguarding the sustainability of the urban water … environment. Firstly, the importance of the urban water environment is highlighted and the major problems urban water bodies face … and strategies to safeguard the water environment are explored. Secondly, the diversity of pollutants entering 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 …

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 …

uncertatinty -- pt. 4. Recent advances in econometrics methods applied to natural resource management. … using econometrics to inform natural resource management policies, and illustrates them through a number of case studies … from all over the world. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the broader picture of the state-of-the-art in …

This book argues that the economic appeal of using water charges to promote efficiency in usage and pollution control …

The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural … resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less … detailing the significant problems of water management which are specific to developing countries. In particular, they highlight …