Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management

Author(s)

• Brouwer, Roy
• Pearce, David W. (David William)

Bibliographic Information

Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management

edited by Roy Brouwer and David Pearce

Edward Elgar, c2005

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How are the economic values of water and water quality accounted for in policy and project appraisal? This important book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in water resources management throughout Europe and North America, along with an examination of current applications. The distinguished authors highlight problems and challenges encountered in the use of CBA in 15 country-specific case studies. Based on these case studies, the value and limits of CBA in water resources management are assessed and special attention is paid to the institutional and policy context in which CBA is carried out. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management is written for both academics and policymakers interested in the use and usefulness of CBA in water resources management.

Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction R. Brouwer and D.W. Pearce 2. Economic Criteria for Water Allocation and Valuation R.A. Young 3. Water as an Economic Good J. Briscoe 4. Appraising Flood Control Investments in the UK D.W. Pearce and R. Smale 5. Cost-benefit Analysis and Flood Control Policy in the Netherlands R. Brouwer and J.M. Kind 6. Cost-benefit Analysis of River Restoration in Denmark A. Dubgaard, M.F. Kallesoe, J. Ladenburg and M.L. Petersen 7. Cost-benefit Analysis and Complex River Basin Management in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden P. Frykblom, H. Scharin, T. Soederqvist and A. Helgesson 8. The Costs and Benefits of Implementing the European Urban Waste Water Directive in Greece A. Kontogianni, M. Skourtos, B. Zanou and I.H. Langford 9. Cost-benefit Analysis of the Remedial Action Plan to Improve Water Quality in the Great Lakes in Canada D.P. Dupont and S. Renzetti 10. Benefit-cost Analysis of Regulations Affecting Surface Water Quality in the United States C. Griffiths and W. Wheeler 11. The Costs and Benefits of a Revised European Bathing Water Directive in the Netherlands R. Brouwer and R. Bronda 12. Cost-benefit Analysis of Improved Bathing Water Quality in the United Kingdom as a Result of a Revision of the European Bathing Water Directive S. Georgiou, I.J. Bateman and I.H. Langford 13. Cost-benefit Analysis of Large-Scale Groundwater Remediation in France J.-D. Rinaudo and S. Loubier 14. Cost-benefit Analysis and Efficient Water Allocation in Cyprus B. Groom, P. Koundouri and T. Swanson 15. Cost-benefit Analysis, Water Scarcity and Sustainable Water Use in Spain J. Maestu, P. Campos-Palacin and J. Lopez-Linage 16. Cost-benefit Analysis of Urban Water Supply in Mexico City G. Soto Montes de Oca and I.J. Bateman Index

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Details

• NCID: BA73396165
• ISBN:
  • 1843763591
  • 9781847202345
• LCCN: 2005040693
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 404 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD1691
  • DC22 : 333.91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Water resources development -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studies