Publication Date:
2021-02-10
Description:
This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay between the hydrological cycle and the rules and institutions that govern today’s water allocation policies, the authors develop a modern perspective on water management. Moreover, the book presents an in-depth assessment of the political and ethical dimensions of water management and its institutional embeddedness, by discussing distribution issues and issues of the enforceability of human rights in managing water resources. Given its scope, the book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics and engineering, as well as practitioners in the water sector, seeking a deeper understanding of economic approaches to the study of water management.
Keywords:
Natural Resource and Energy Economics
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Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management
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Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
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Environmental Economics
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Water
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Pollution
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Water economics
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Sustainable water management
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Water engineering
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Hydro-economic models
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Affordable water tariffs
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Eco-hydrology
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Human rights to water
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Water recycling
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Open Access book
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Climate change
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Environmental economics
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Environmental management,
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Water supply & treatment
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Energy industries & utilities
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bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
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bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQS Sanitary & municipal engineering::TQSW Water supply & treatment
Language:
English
Format:
image/jpeg
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