Economics of Water Resources: From Regulation to Privatization

2. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7923-8096-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 342 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1570 g

Reihe: Natural Resource Management and Policy

The appearance of this Second Edition has been encouraged by the favorable reception of the first. This has offered us the opportunity to update the materials and to expand the exposition ofour central theses concerning (1) the integration of water quantity-quality issues and the treatment of water as a multi-product commodity, with the market playing a major role in determining water quality-discriminant pricing; (2) the drawbacks of public controls, regulation and enforcement, and the need to expand privatization of water supply and of water and wastewater treatment facilities to ensure their appropriate development and modernization through increased reliance on private capital; (3) the unification and centralization of water management on the river basin level in order to handle effectively the expanding pressures for water availability, for the elimination of waterborne disease, for extensive and effective pollution abatement as well as coping with the related issues of soil erosion, siltation in streams, channels, and reservoirs, protection against distress from drought and floods, and with the myriad problems relating to the environment, recreation, and navigation. We have maintained the division ofthe book into four major parts and 12 chapters.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sabbaghi, Asghar

Spulber, Nicolas

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: The Conceptual Framework.- 1 Water Resources Management.- 2 Water Demand Side.- 3 Water Supply Side.- 4 Market Processes in Water Allocation.- II: Integration of Water Quantity-Quality.- 5 Pollutants and Their Specific Impact.- 6 The Economic-Ecological System.- 7 Water Reuse and Recycling.- III: Interaction of Management and Policies.- 8 Assessment of Administrative Controls.- 9 Impetus for Water Privatization.- 10 Management on River Basin Levels.- 11 Quality-Discriminant Water Pricing.- IV: The Scope of Regulations.- 12 Regulations Compatible with Privatization.- References.- Appendices.- Indexes.