The state of water resources and the need for a comprehensive perspective -- The water economy -- Supply costs, demands … and benefits -- Optimal water policy -- Water regulation -- Conjunctive use -- Case studies of regulatory interventions … -- Economy-wide considerations of water management -- Management of transboundary water. …

water scarcity intensifies the tradeoffs inherent in allocating water to competing uses and turns the policy challenge of … managing water resources ever more crucial. The book promotes the view that water policies should be designed and implemented … within a comprehensive framework that accounts to the many interconnected pieces comprising water economies." …

The paper examines the possibility of a water market in Brazil. The US market, probably the oldest and most well …-documented one, is initially analyzed. In the American West, over the past 140 years the so-called "water rights" can be sold or …, it is clear that the country does not have the problem of water availability that the American West has. On the other …