This book aims to show that economics in general and non-market
valuation methods in particular, together with participatory and
engineering tools, can facilitate the design and implementation of
the different European policies in relation to mitigation of water
stress. The results presented in this book derive from AquaStress,
an EU funded integrated project, delivering interdisciplinary
methodologies to help mitigate water stress problems. The project
draws on both academic and practitioner skills to generate
knowledge in technological, operational management, policy,
socio-economic, and environmental domains.
The book is divided in three parts and as the AquaStress
project, is case study driven. Part I begins with a review of the
up-to-date use of non-market valuation economic methods in the
design and implementation of EU water policies. Part II of the book
proceeds to discuss and analyze participatory and engineering tools
that can facilitate the determination of efficient water resources
policies and the consequent implementation of the EU WFD, using
case studies of test sites from Bulgaria, Italy, Morocco and
Poland. Part III of the book, brings us back to the use of economic
tools and focuses on policy appraisal through social cost-benefit
analyses and the choice/estimation of the socially efficient
discount rate to be used in such analyses. The book concludes with
specific policy recommendations for all case-studies considered in
previous chapters.
This work would be of most interest to water resources managers
and policy makers as well as consultants working on the
implementation of the WFD. It would also be helpful to students and
scholars of water resource management.
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