The Economics of Water Resources
A Comprehensive Approach

This book demonstrates the effectiveness of comprehensive water policies, using examples from around the world.

Ariel Dinar (Author), Yacov Tsur (Author)

9781316615072, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 April 2021

224 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.34 kg

'… a lucid and mathematically rigorous account of the many dimensions of water management. Recommended.' A. A. Batabyal, Choice Connect

Population growth and rising living standards, on the one hand, and changing climate, on the other hand, have exacerbated water scarcity worldwide. To address this problem, policymakers need to take a wide view of the water economy – a complex structure involving environmental, social, economic, legal, and institutional aspects. A coherent water policy must look at the water economy as a whole and apply a comprehensive approach to policy interventions. Written by two of the world's leading scholars on economics of water, this is the first graduate-level textbook on the topic. The book discusses water resource management within a comprehensive framework that integrates the different, yet highly entwined, elements of a water economy. It follows the steps needed to develop a well-designed set of policies based on detailed analyses of intervention measures, using multi-sectoral and economy-wide examples from a variety of locations and situations around the world.

1. The state of water resources and the need for a comprehensive perspective
2. The water economy
3. Supply costs, demands and benefits
4. Optimal water policy
5. Water regulation
6. Conjunctive use
7. Case studies of regulatory interventions
8. Economy-wide considerations of water management
9. Management of transboundary water
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental management [RNF], Business studies: general [KJB], Environmental economics [KCN], Economics [KC]