Author: Robert H. HavemanPublisher: Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Water Resource Investment and the Public Interest
Author: Robert H. HavemanPublisher: Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Water resources investment and the public interest
Author: Robert H. HavemanDetermining the Economic Value of Water
Author: Robert A. YoungPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135040524
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market determined price signals are usually unavailable, economists have developed a range of alternative valuation methods for measuring economic benefits. This volume provides the most comprehensive exposition to-date of the application of economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies. It provides a conceptual framework for valuation of both commodity and public good uses of water, addressing non-market valuation techniques appropriate to measuring public benefits - including water quality improvement, recreation, and fish habitat enhancement. The book describes the various measurement methods, illustrates how they are applied in practice, and discusses their strengths, limitations, and appropriate roles. In this second edition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated, and in particular the coverage of water markets and valuation of ecosystem services from water has been expanded. Robert Young, author of the 2005 edition, has been joined for this new edition by John Loomis, who brings additional expertise on ecosystem services and the environmental economics of water for recreational and other public good uses of water.
Conservation and Development of Water Resources
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Economic Performance of Public Investments
Author: Robert H. HavemanPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Water Manifesto
Author: Riccardo PetrellaPublisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781856499064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In an urgent call to action, he asks for a world water contract to enshrine fresh water as an essential good to which all people have a right - controlled by communities in the public interest, and with international rules for its equitable management and distribution."--BOOK JACKET.
Investing in Water for a Green Economy
Author: Mike YoungPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136478140
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world’s water resources and the infrastructure used to manage it. It focuses on current social and economic costs of water provision, needs and opportunities for investment and for improving its management. It describes the large array of water policy challenges facing the world, including the Millennium Development Goals for clean water and sanitation, and shows how these might be met. There is a mixture of global overviews, reviews of specific issues and an array of case studies. It is shown how accelerated investment in water-dependent ecosystems, in water infrastructure and in water management can be expected to expedite the transition to a green economy. The book provides a key source of information for people interested in understanding emerging water issues and approaches that are consistent with a world that takes greater responsibility for the environment.
Water Resources Decision Making on the Basis of Public Interest
Author: Leonard OrtolanoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Economics and Public Policy in Water Resource Development
Author: Stephen C. SmithPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Confronting the Nation's Water Problems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916589X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.