Volume 1: Production, use, and sustainability of groundwater -- Volume 2: Cost-benefit analysis of groundwater policy …

"The competition for groundwater sources as a water supply reinforces the need for a strong economic rationale in … decision-making. Evaluating economic decisions in the context of total water management and life-cycle water use is essential … concepts related to groundwater, discusses important factors in cost-benefits and life-cycle evaluation, and explains triple …

owners with less experience (owners of new wells) with groundwater technology, extract more water than the experienced owners … instance, when farmers adopt groundwater extraction technology, they need to learn their private marginal cost and marginal … benefit of extracting water. Comparing the extraction behavior of the owners of new wells with old wells, we explore the role …

We investigate the strategic nature of farmers’ groundwater usage with a rich dataset from the American Midwest. We … propose a new revealed preference test for the groundwater interaction as a dynamic game. We reject a view of groundwater …

1. Introduction to Groundwater Economic Analysis2. Cost, Benefit, Price and Value of Groundwater in Market and … Nonmarket Settings3. Groundwater Policy and Projects4. Economic Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects5. Life-Cycle Cost …-Benefit Analysis6. Transboundary, International and Climate Change Considerations7. Macroeconomic Perspective8. Groundwater in the …

's drinking water probably comes from groundwater, and in the last half century, there has been an amazing, if largely ignored …Groundwater plays a major, if often unrecognized, role in both hydrologic and human systems. The majority of the world …, boom in agricultural groundwater use that has provided improved livelihoods and food security to billions of farmers and …

of South Asia's groundwater resources in the face of climate change and increasing reliance on the resource by dependent … aid reforms of groundwater governance and, thus, greater sustainability of groundwater; in addition, these management … socioeconomic settings with reference to key groundwater challenges. They provide insights and potential solutions, tailored to …

This paper attempts to give a spatial and temporal overview of water management in India. It traces how people and the … successive regimes made choices across space and time from a wide range of water control and distribution technologies. The paper … divides the water management in India into four periods: (i) the traditional system of water management before colonial times …