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Economics of Water Resources

This book aims to develop a general economic model which integrates the quantity and quality issues of water resource management. This new edition updates and expands on the exposition of the authors' central theses concerning: The integration of water quantity-quality issues; the drawbacks of public control, regulation and enforcement, privatization; and the unification and centralization of water management at river basin level.

Contents

Part 1 The conceptual framework: water-resources management; water-demand side; water-supply side; market processes in water allocation. Part 2 Integration of water quantity-quality: pollutants and their specific impact; the economic-ecological system; water re-use and recycling. Part 3 Interaction of management and policies: assessment of administrative controls; impetus for water privatization; management on river-basin levels; quality-discriminant water pricing. Part 4 The scope of regulations: regulations compatible with privatization.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Springer Verlag
Pm Publisher	Springer Nature
Pm Isbn 10	0792394038
Pm Isbn 13	9780792394037
Pm Publication Date	1994-12-31
Pm Width	156
Pm Height	234
Pm Author	Spulber, Nicolas, Sabbaghi, Asghar
Pm Longness	0

From Regulation to Privatization
Key Info: Illus
Author: Spulber, Nicolas, Sabbaghi, Asghar
Page Count: 376
Publication Date: 1994-12-31