The Performance of Institutions for Groundwater Management: West Basin
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 11,30 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 26,2 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,83 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
ISBN :
Author : William Andrew Blomquist
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Groundwater
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Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472065462
The Levels of Action
Author : B. Delworth Gardner
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412846986
Water is becoming increasingly scarce. If recent usage trends continue, shortages are inevitable. Aquanomics discusses some of the instruments and policies that may be implemented to postpone, or even avoid, the onset of “water crises.” These policies include establishing secure and transferable private water rights and extending these rights to uses that traditionally have not been allowed, including altering in-stream flows and ecosystem functions. The editors argue that such policies will help maximize water quantity and quality as water becomes scarcer and more valuable. Aquanomics contains many examples of how this is being accomplished, particularly in the formation of water markets and market-like exchanges of water rights. Many observers see calamity ahead unless water supplies are harnessed and effectively conserved, and unless water quality can be improved. It is also clear that declining water quality is a serious problem in much of the world, as increasing human activities induce high levels of water degradation. Those who voice these concerns, argue the contributors to this volume, fail to consider the forces for improvement inherent in market political-economic systems that can address water issues. The contributors see water quality in economically advanced countries as improving, and they believe this establishes the validity of market-based approaches.