Water resources and economic development
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Water resources and economic development
（The management of water resources, 3）（An Elgar reference collection）
E. Elgar, c2002
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Including work by some of the world's leading economists, engineers, ecologists and social scientists, Water Resources and Economic Development is a unique collection due to its global perspectives and specific focus upon the recent experiences of the developing regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America.It explores important topics such as basin and regional development, irrigation and agricultural development, water supply, sanitation and health, legal and institutional issues, water pricing and water markets, and policy trends and emerging issues.
This authoritative volume will be an invaluable source for students, researchers and policymakers and also for those who would like to be more informed in this key area of development studies.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction R. Maria Saleth
PART I GENERAL
1. Malin Falkenmark (1999), 'Forward to the Future: A Conceptual Framework for Water Dependence'
2. Peter H. Gleick (1993), 'Water in the 21st Century'
3. Maynard M. Hufschmidt (1993), 'Water Policies for Sustainable Development'
4. Harald D. Frederiksen (1996), 'Water Crisis in Developing World: Misconceptions about Solutions'
PART II BASIN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
5. Thayer Scudder (1994), 'Recent Experiences with River Basin Development in the Tropics and Subtropics'
6. Marcel Marchand (1987), 'The Productivity of African Floodplains'
7. Roger Epps and Tony Sorensen (1996), 'Water Resource Management and Regional Development: A Potential Nexus in North West NSW?'
8. Maurice O. Ebong (1988), 'River Basin Development as a Regional Planning Strategy: The Case of the Cross River, Nigeria'
9. Yacov Tsur, Hokyoun Park and Arie Issar (1989), 'Fossil Groundwater as a Basis for Arid Zone Development? An Economic Inquiry'
10. Giorgio Guariso and Dale Whittington (1987), 'Implications of Ethiopian Water Development for Egypt and Sudan'
11. Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr and Lise Sandsbraten (1997), 'Water on Fire: Gains from Electricity Trade'
12. Enrique H. Bucher and Paul C. Huszar (1995), 'Critical Environmental Costs of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Project in South America'
PART III IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
13. William M. Adams and David M. Anderson (1988), 'Irrigation Before Development: Indigenous and Induced Change in Agricultural Water Management in East Africa'
14. David H.L. Thomas and William M. Adams (1999), 'Adapting to Dams: Agrarian Change Downstream of the Tiga Dam, Northern Nigeria'
15. Mark Svendsen and Liu Changming (1990), 'Innovations in Irrigation Management and Development in Hunan Province: Financial Autonomy, Water Wholesaling, Turnover to Farmers, Mass Movement Labor'
16. Mark W. Rosegrant and Mark Svendsen (1993), 'Asian Food Production in the 1990s: Irrigation Investment and Management Policy'
17. R. Maria Saleth (1997), 'Irrigation-induced Indirect Employment During Eighth Plan: An Estimation Procedure with Tentative Estimates'
PART IV WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION AND HEALTH
18. Yok-shiu F. Lee (1994), 'Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries'
19. World Bank Water Demand Research Team (1993), 'The Demand for Water in Rural Areas: Determinants and Policy Implications'
20. John Briscoe and Harvey A. Garn (1995), 'Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Under Agenda 21'
21. Peter H. Gleick (1998), excerpts from 'Water and Human Health'
PART V LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
22. J.W. Milliman (1959), 'Water Law and Private Decision-making: A Critique'
23. Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom (1972), 'Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development'
24. I.D. Carruthers and J.A. Morrison (1996), 'Institutions in Water Resource Management: Insights from New Institutional Economics'
25. Robert Wade (1995), 'The Ecological Basis of Irrigation Institutions: East and South Asia'
26. Charles W. Howe and John A. Dixon (1993), 'Inefficiencies in Water Project Design and Operation in the Third World: An Economic Perspective'
27. K. William Easter (1993), 'Economic Failure Plagues Developing Countries' Public Irrigation: An Assurance Problem'
PART VI WATER PRICING AND WATER MARKETS
28. Ariel Dinar and Ashok Subramanian (1998), 'Policy Implications from Water Pricing Experiences in Various Countries'
29. Rajan K. Sampath (1992), 'Issues in Irrigation Pricing in Developing Countries'
30. Mark W. Rosegrant and Hans P. Binswanger (1994), 'Markets in Tradable Water Rights: Potential for Efficiency Gains in Developing Country Water Resource Allocation'
31. K. William Easter, Mark W. Rosegrant and Ariel Dinar (1999), 'Formal and Informal Markets for Water: Institutions, Performance, and Constraints'
32. Charles W. Howe, Dennis R. Schurmeier and W. Douglas Shaw, Jr. (1986), 'Innovative Approaches to Water Allocation: The Potential for Water Markets'
PART VII POLICY TRENDS AND EMERGING ISSUES
33. World Bank (1993), 'Appendix C. Privatization and User Participation in Water Resources Management'
34. Sam H. Johnson III (1997), 'Irrigation Management Transfer: Decentralizing Public Irrigation in Mexico'
35. Dale Whittington, Jennifer Davis and Elizabeth McClelland (1998), 'Implementing a Demand-driven Approach to Community Water Supply Planning: A Case Study of Lugazi, Uganda'
36. Donna J. Lee and Ariel Dinar (1995), Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management
37. J. Briscoe (1997), 'Managing Water as an Economic Good: Rules for Reformers'
38. Peter H. Gleick (1996), 'Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities: Meeting Basic Needs'
39. Frances Cleaver (1998), 'Incentives and Informal Institutions: Gender and the Management of the Water'
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