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Economics of Water Resources: From Regulation to Privatization (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1998)
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Economics of Water Resources: From Regulation to Privatization (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1998)
Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy, 13
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The Second Edition of Economics of Water Resources: From Regulation
to Privatization updates and expands the exposition of the authors'
central theses concerning: the integration of water
quantity-quality issues, and the treatment of water as a
multi-product commodity, with the market playing the major role in
the determination of water quality-discrimination pricing; the
drawbacks of public control, regulation and enforcement, and the
need to expand privatization of water supply and of water and
wastewater treatment facilities to ensure their appropriate,
adequate, development and modernization through increased reliance
on private capital; the unification and centralization of water
management at river basin level in order to handle effectively the
expanding pressures for water availability, for the evaluation of
waterborne disease, for extensive and effective pollution abatement
as well as for coping with the related issues of soil erosion,
siltation in streams, channels and reservoirs, protection against
stress from drought and floods, and with myriad problems relating
to the environment, recreation and navigation. While expanding and
updating the underlying data, the authors maintain the basic
division of the book into four parts. Part I presents the
conceptual framework within which are examined the interacting
elements in the management of water resources and the role of
market in water pricing and in quality-graded quantity of water.
Part II focuses on water quality control, on the nature and impact
of pollution, on water recycling and reuse, and on the prevailing
policy instruments. Part III points to the deficiencies of
engineering solutions in the choice of publicexpenditures needed
for the construction of water systems and stresses the role of
privatization and of centralization at the level of river basins.
Part IV underlines the need for coordinating all supply programs,
projected demand, recycling and reuse. Economics of Water
Resources: From Regulation to Privatization probes the fundamental
concepts concerning the regulation and privatization of water
resources, of water pricing, of public policies concerning the
allocation of water supplied to users, and examines all of the
issues involved in a truly market-determined framework. It aims to
inform and prepare all persons interested in the study and
management of water problems. The book can be used in courses on
water resource management and planning, economics of water
resources, or as a basic reference work on water resources in
general.
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