Determining the economic value of water
Subtitle: concepts and methods
By: Robert A. Young.
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Water-supply -- Economic aspects; Water resources development -- Economic aspects
Description: Provides a comprehensive exposition of the application of non-market economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: The economic value of water: concepts and theory; title: Water, economics, and the nature of water policy issues; title: Conceptual framework and special problems in valuing water; title: Methods for valuing producers' uses of water; title: Applied methods for valuation of water as environmental public goods; title: II: Applications of valuation methods; title: Valuation of water used in irrigated crop production; title: Valuing water used by industry; title: Valuing water in municipal uses; title: Valuation of selected water-related public goods.