Shopping for Water How the Market Can Mitigate Water Shortages in the American West /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Culp, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Glennon, Robert (Συγγραφέας), Libecap, Gary (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This publication begins by reviewing key dimensions of this problem: the challenges of population and economic growth, the environmental stresses from overuse of common water resources, the risk of increasing water-supply volatility, and the historical disjunction that has developed between and amon...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2
• The Western Water Crisis: Long Time Brewing, Now On The Boil
• 3
• Reforming Western Water Law And Policy
• 4. Questions And Concerns
• 5. Conclusion.