Routledge Handbook of Water Economics and Institutions

ISBN-13: 9780415728560 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 410 str.

Kimberly Burnett; Richard Howitt; James A. Roumasset

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Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis. While a solid foundation has been established for many specific water management problems, combining those methods and principles in a unified framework remains an ongoing challenge. This Handbook aims to expand the scope of efficient water use to include allocation of sources and quantities across uses and time, as well as integrating demand-management with supply-side substitutes. Socially efficient water use does not generally coincide with private decisions in the real world, however. Examples of mechanisms designed to incentivize efficient behavior are drawn from agricultural water use, municipal water regulation, and externalities linked to water resources. Water management is further complicated when information is costly and/or imperfect. Standard optimization frameworks are extended to allow for coordination costs, games and cooperation, and risk allocation. When operating efficiently, water markets are often viewed as a desirable means of allocation because a market price incentivizes users to move resources from low to high value activities.However, early attempts at water trading have run into many obstacles. Case studies from the United States, Australia, Europe, and Canada highlight the successes and remaining challenges of establishing efficient water markets.

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Part 1: Principles and Overview  1. Global Outlook for Water Scarcity, Food Security, and Hydropower  Mark W. Rosegrant  2. Water Scarcity and the Demand for Water Markets  Richard Howitt  3. Ordering Extraction from Multiple Aquifers  James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada  4. Integrating Demand-Management with Development of Supply-Side Substitutes  James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada  5. Optimal Conjunctive Water Use over Space and Time  Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin and James Roumasset  Part 2: Private Behavior and Regulatory Design  6. Strategic Behavior and Regulation over Time and Space  C.-Y. Cynthia Lin and Lisa Pfeiffer  7. Water Allocation under Distribution Losses: A Perspective  Ujayant Chakravorty and Yazhen Gong  8. The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Watershed Management  Kimberly Burnett, James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada  9. Externalities and Water Quality  Renan Goetz and Angels Xabadia  10. Groundwater Use and Irrigated Agriculture in California: Dynamics, Uncertainty, and Conjunctive Use  Keith Knapp and Kurt Schwabe  Part 3: Institutions and Information  11. Institutions for Managing Ground and Surface Water and the Theory of the Second-Best  Karl Jandoc, Richard Howitt, James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada  12. Towards an Economics of Irrigation Networks  Karl Jandoc, Ruben Juarez and James Roumasset  13. Real-Time Information and Consumption: What Can Water Demand Programs Learn from Electricity Demand Programs?  John Lynham and Nori Tarui  14. Water Scarcity and Water Institutions  Ariel Dinar and Yacov Tsur  15. Managing Climate Risks through Water Trading  Bonnie Colby, George Frisvold and Matthew Mealy  Part 4: Water Markets and Institutions around the World  16. A California Postcard: Lessons for a Maturing Water Market  Ellen Hanak  17. Water Trading Opportunities and Challenges in Europe  Gonzalo Delacámara, Carlos Mario Gómez and Josefina Maestu  18. Water Trading in Australia: Understanding the Role of Policy and Serendipity  Lin Crase, Sue O’Keefe, Sarah Wheeler and Yukio Kinoshita  19. Tradeoffs: Fish, Farmers, and Energy on the Columbia  Ray Huffaker  20. Water Sales, Pecuniary Externalities and Local Development: Chinatown Revisited  Gary D. Libecap  21. Agricultural Water Management at the Village Level in Northern China  Qiuqiong Huang, Jinxia Wang, Siwa Msangi, Scott Rozelle and Jikun Huang  22. Implementing the European Water Framework Directive in Greece: An Integrated Socio-Economic Approach and Remaining Obstacles  Phoebe Koundouri and Osiel González Dávila  23. Water Conservation and Trading – Policy Challenges in Alberta Canada  Henning Bjornlund and K.K. Klein