Coping with Water Deficiency From Research to Policymaking With Examples from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and Developing Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koundouri, Phoebe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 48
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Environmental economics.; Social sciences.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Social Sciences, general.

In line with the Water Framework Directive, this book stresses the need for an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach to balance the competing demands on water-domestic, agricultural, industrial, tourism and environmental/ecological- and promote economically efficient, socially equita...

Table of Contents:

• Results from the ARID Cluster and other European Research Projects
• Water Management on Mediterranean Islands: Pressure, Recommended Policy and Management Options
• The Range of Existing Circumstances in the WaterStrategyMan Case Studies
• Landscape Sensitivity, Resilience and Sustainable Watershed Management
• Using Economic Valuation Techniques to Inform Water Resources Management in the Southern European, Mediterranean and Developing Countries: A Survey and Critical Appraisal of Available Techniques
• The Case for Declining Long-Term Discount Rates in the Evaluation of Flood-Defence Investments
• Models and Decisions Support Systems for Participatory Decision Making in Integrated Water Resource Management
• Results from the Developing World
• Evaluating the Institution-Impact Interactions in the Context of Millennium Development Goals
• Resource Pricing and Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Block Tariffs for Water in Beijing.