Introduction To The Economics Of Water Resources : An International Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781857286366 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 228 str.

Stephen Merrett; Stephen Merrett

Opis

* Worldwide range of case studies and examples
* concise, authorittive and accessible treatment
* deals with a central topic in environmental resource management
This book provides a concise but comprehensive treatment of one of the central issues in environmental management. Informed by an evolutionary political economy perspective it draws on a worldwide range of case studies and examples to cover all the key issues.Complete with explanatory guidance on abbreviations, acronyms, units of measurement and technical terms, the book is a complete introductory text that will appeal widely throughout environmental studies/sciences, geography, resource economics and parts of engineering. Contents: Introduction, Supply; the engineer's perspective; Supply; the economist's perspective,; Effective demand and the price of water; Social cost-benefit analysis for water projects; Financial accounting for water enterprises; Water for a sustainable society; The environmental costs of water projects; political economy, water and the economy.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Supply: the engineer’sperspective; Chapter 3 Supply: the economist’s perspective; Chapter 4 Effective demand and the price of water; Chapter 5 Social cost-benefit analysis for water projects; Chapter 6 Financial accounting for water enterprises; Chapter 7 Water resource planning for a sustainable society; Chapter 8 The environmental costs and benefits of water projects; Chapter 9 Political economy and water resource policy;

O autorze

Merrett, Stephen