This essay was written for an essay competition organised by Pakistan council for Research in Water Resources. It … explains the current water scenario and prediction about future condition. …

study contributes to literature by providing the first estimation of total economic value (TEV) of the restoration and …

flood attenuation, groundwater recharge and water quality maintenance, as well as conservation of biodiversity and provision …Wetlands are a crucial component of water resources, providing several ecological functions and services, including … of recreational activities. In Cyprus, an arid country with scarce water resources, wetlands have been degraded and …

from the wetland, and the easy access to shallow groundwater in the region. However, the many ecological functions of the … limited. Based on available secondary information, a wetland was selected in Bardhaman district of West Bengal to evaluate the … economic benefits from multiple uses namely, wetland cultivation, irrigation, fisheries, jute retting, and fodder collection …

Efficient pricing of a resource incorporates both marginal cost of extraction and scarcity rents. Since groundwater … establishing clear groundwater ownership rights, scarcity value frequently goes unrecognized and is difficult to estimate. This … appropriate theoretical and empirical models relevant for indirect estimation of these shadow scarcity rents, which we consider as …

This paper considers the problem of a water management authority that is faced with the threat of a drought that will … regulation through Open Access mechanisms, ii) the policy of keeping a rationed level of water usage until the water table is … restored, and iii) an economically optimal policy taking account of the probability of a drought and the fact that water is an …

are the more demanding on the consumption of water and electric power due to variations in the final demand, as well as … consumption of production factors, among them, water and energy, essential to most productive activities. However, as the supply … this paper is to identify the main demanding sectors of water and electric power of Ceará and to estimate the impact in the …