Water Policy in Mexico Economic, Institutional and Environmental Considerations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Guerrero García Rojas, Hilda R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy, 20
• Subjects: Environmental economics.; Environmental management.; Environmental Economics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.

Mexico is currently facing severe problems with water availability, wastage and contamination. The most contaminated and over-exploited water resources are concentrated in the most populated areas of the country, where water is scarcer and its quality makes it unsuitable for a variety of uses, inclu...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Mexican Water Policy as Introduction
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Lessons Learned
• Chapter 2. Mexican Water Sector: A Brief Review of Its History
• Part 2. Sectorial issues
• Chapter 3. Effects of Water Availability and Policy Changes for Irrigated Agriculture
• Chapter 4. Mexico, The Water Stress: Challenges and Opportunities in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
• Chapter 5. Industrial Water Use in Mexico: Analysis of Efficiencies Using Water Price Elasticity
• Chapter 6. Water Utilities: Is Their Sustained Financial Efficiency Achievable? - The Mexican Case
• Part 3. Institutional issues
• Chapter 7. Water Price Policy, Its Institutional Role as Economic Instrument for Water Management
• Chapter 8. River Basin Organization, The Best Path Towards Integrated Water Resources Management?
• Chapter 9. Payments for Environmental Services: Between Forest Resources Management and Institutional Building
• Chapter 10. Water management instruments in the National Waters Law
• Chapter 11. Indigenous People and The Right to Water
• Part 4. International Water Issues
• Chapter 12. From The Abundance of Waters to the Scarcity of Studies: Contemplating Hydropolitics in Mexico-Guatemala and Mexico-Belize Borders
• Chapter 13. The U.S. Mexico Border: Institutional Weaknesses in Meeting the Growing Demand for Water
• Part 5. Present and Future Challenges
• Chapter 14. Climate Change and Vulnerability of Water Resources in Mexico: Challenges for Basin Management
• Chapter 15. Science and technology for Integrated Water Resources Management in Mexico.