Handbook of Water Economics

Edited by Ariel Dinar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental Economics and Policy and Kurt Schwabe, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, US

'The evidence is clear that water conflicts and water management continue to present profound obstacles to peace and sustainable livelihoods. Ariel Dinar and Kurt Schwabe have produced a compelling collection of readings that offer important insights into this persistent problem. Chapters cover conceptual issues, competing uses, valuation, sectoral allocation, water markets, energy production, residential and industrial uses, ecosystems, water quality, and international (transboundary) concerns. This impressive volume will become an essential reference for years to come.'

• Contents:1. IntroductionAriel Dinar and Kurt Schwabe PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS2. Institutions and WaterWilliam K. Jaeger3. Sustainability Economics of Groundwater Usage and ManagementKeith C. Knapp and Bradley Franklin4. Concepts and Methods for Assessing Economic Impacts from Climate Change on Water ResourcesBrian H. HurdPART II SECTORAL FOCUS5. Agricultural Water ManagementSarah Ann Wheeler, Rosalind Bark, Adam Loch and Jeff Connor6. Economic Analysis of Industrial Water UseSteven Renzetti7. Residential Water Management: An Economic Perspective on Policy InstrumentsV. Kerry Smith and Min-Qiang (Kent) Zhao8. The Use of Ecosystem Services Approach in Guiding Water Valuation and Management: Inland and Coastal WatersPhoebe Koundouri and Osiel González Dávila9. Incentivizing Interdependent Resource Management: Watersheds, Groundwater and Coastal EcologyKimberly Burnett, Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada10. Hydropower Management: Electricity Versus other ValuesPer-Olov Johansson and Bengt Kriström11. Water, Land Use and Environmental Aspects of Biofuel ProductionDavid Zilberman and Scott Kaplan12. The Economic Sustainability Paradigm and Fresh Water and Marine Fisheries GovernanceR. Quentin Grafton and Dale SquiresPART III WATER SOURCES13. Economics of Surface Water Management: A ReviewFrank A. Ward14. Wastewater Management and ReuseFrancesc Hernandez-Sancho and Maria Molinos-SenantePART IV ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO VALUING WATER15. Experimental Economics and Water ResourcesHernán Bejarano and James Shortle16. Nonmarket Valuation and Water Resource ManagementRichard T. CarsonPART V WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT17. Model-based Regulation of Nonpoint Source EmissionsKenneth A. Baerenklau and Jingjing Wang18. Salinity and Groundwater Management: A Hydro-economic AnalysisKurt Schwabe and Keith C. KnappPART VI ADDRESSING WATER SCARCITY 19. Water Markets: From Theory to Practice (With Focus on the USA)Kristiana Hansen20. Water Conservation: Thinking Beyond the TapDiane DuPont21. Conjunctive Management of Water Resources in AgricultureYacov TsurPART VII TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT 22. Joint Management of International Water Bodies under Scarcity and VariabilityAriel Dinar23. The Economics of Transboundary Water ManagementErik Ansink and Harold HoubaPART VIII WATER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD24. Water and Sanitation Economics: Reflections on Application to Developing EconomiesDale Whittington and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak25. Water and Growth in Developing CountriesEdward B. Barbier Index