What Water Is Worth: Overlooked Non-Economic Value in Water Resources [electronic resource] /
Russo, K.author.
Smith, Z.author.
What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional microeconomics, water's true utility and government regulation, and new and current practices in water management.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Epigraph""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Conventional Values of Water""; ""Introduction: the many facets of value                                             ""; ""Terminology                  ""; ""Commodification                      ""; ""Highlights from the literature                                     ""; ""Conventional values of water                                   ""; ""Unconventional values of water                                     ""
""Conservation values                          """"Spiritual values                       ""; ""Policy learning                      ""; ""Use values of water                          ""; ""The value of water as a consumable commodity                                                   ""; ""Monetary terms                     ""; ""The utility of water                           ""; ""Monetary terms                     ""; ""Welfare economics                        ""; ""Environmental economics                              ""; ""Cost-benefit analysis                            ""
""Contingent valuation                           """"Ecological economics                           ""; ""2 Economic Grounds for Current Practices of Water Management""; ""A starting point: values sanctioned in economics                                                       ""; ""Turning nature into capital                                  ""; ""Water markets and hegemonic powers                                         ""; ""The indoctrination of classical liberalism                                                 ""; ""Locke on property                        ""
""Locke on money                     """"The indoctrination of neoliberalism                                          ""; ""The globalization of trade                                 ""; ""The International Monetary Fund                                      ""; ""The World Bank                     ""; ""The World Trade Organization                                   ""; ""Permeation of the â€œcommon senseâ€?                                       ""; ""The common sense of water marketing                                          ""; ""3 The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment""
""An overview of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment                                                         """"The trend toward inclusion of community values                                                     ""; ""Ecosystem and hydrologic services                                        ""; ""Ecosystem services                         ""; ""Hydrologic services                          ""; ""Conclusions and progress                               ""; ""A further look at Ecological Economics                                             ""; ""4 Non-Conventional Community Values of Water""
""Non-monetary values of water                                   ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional microeconomics, water's true utility and government regulation, and new and current practices in water management.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
Nature Conservation.
Political science.
Public policy.
Political economy.
Environmental Politics.
Sustainable Development.
Nature Conservation.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
International Political Economy.