Ariel Dinar, Yacov Tsur

The Economics of Water Resources

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students with a solid background in economic principles and methods will benefit from understanding the role of the comprehensive framework outlined. Water policy practitioners will also learn from the empirical aspects and policy discussions, and from the case studies included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781107163140
• ISBN-10: 1107163145
• Artikelnr.: 60696313

Autorenporträt

Ariel Dinar is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. He served as lead economist on water and climate change for the World Bank. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Water Economics and Policy. He is an International Fellow of the Center for Agricultural Economic Research of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Fulbright Senior Specialist, and a 2015 Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The state of water resources and the need for a comprehensive perspective
2. The water economy
3. Supply costs, demands and benefits
4. Optimal water policy
5. Water regulation
6. Conjunctive use
7. Case studies of regulatory interventions
8. Economy-wide considerations of water management
9. Management of transboundary water
Index.