A Typology of Economic Instruments and Methods for Efficient Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Karousakis, Katia and Koundouri, Phoebe (2006): A Typology of Economic Instruments and Methods for Efficient Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. Published in: Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2006)

Abstract

This chapter provides the economic perspective to implementing integrated water resources management and describes the valuation techniques and economic instruments that have been developed and are available to help price water efficiently, and allocate it to it’s highest valued user.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Efficient;Water reources management;arid;semi-arid
• Subjects: P - Economic Systems > P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies > P28 - Natural Resources ; Energy ; Environment; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation

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