ABSTRACT
Water is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity in many parts of the world. Population growth plus a growing appetite for larger quantities of cheap water quality as a result of urban, industrial, and agricultural pollution coupled with increasing environmental demands have further reduced usable suppliers. This book brings together thirty of the best economic articles addressing water scarcity issues within the US and Mexico. By touching on a number of different issues, this volume clearly articulates the need for improving existing institutional arrangements as well as for developing new arrangements to address growing water scarcity problems.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|91 pages
The Value of Water in Alternative Uses
part |42 pages
Consumptive Water Uses
part |29 pages
Non-consumptive Water Uses
part II|135 pages
Management and Optimum Water Allocation
part |49 pages
Basin Allocation and Optimum Surface Water Uses
part |41 pages
Optimum Use of Groundwater
part |33 pages
Conjunctive Water Use
part III|83 pages
Institutional Arrangements and Water Management
part |45 pages
Institutional Arrangements and Water Allocation among Users and Regions
part |27 pages
Allocation among States or Nations
part IV|128 pages
Economic Instruments for Water Management
part |49 pages
Water Pricing, Taxes and Subsidies
part |50 pages
Water Markets
part V|70 pages
Water Policy in Developing Economies