426 Pages
by
Routledge
426 Pages
by
Routledge
456 Pages
by
Routledge
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Water is becoming increasingly scarce. If recent usage trends continue, shortages are inevitable. Aquanomics discusses some of the instruments and policies that may be implemented to postpone, or even avoid, the onset of "water crises." These policies include establishing secure and transferable private water rights and extending these rights to uses that traditionally have not been allowed,... Read more
Acknowledgments1. Introduction - B. Delworth Gardner and Randy T. Simmons2. Markets for Freshwater Ecosystem Services - Martin W. Doyle and Todd BenDor3. Water Quality Markets: Institutional Design and Performance - Jeffrey M. Peterson and Craig M. Smith4. Buying Water for the Environment - Brandon Scarborough5. Auctions of Water Rights - Ray Hartwell and Bruce Aylward6. Transactions Costs and Water Markets: The Anticommons Perspective - Stephen N. Bretsen and Peter J. Hill7. The Evolving Public Trust Doctrine: An Obstacle to Water Marketing - James L. Huffman8. Market-like Water Quality Trading: Why It Matters, and How to Make It Happen - Leonard Shabman and Kurt Stephenson9. The Economic Effects of Using Property Taxes in Lieu of Direct User Fees to Pay for Water - B. Delworth Gardner10. The Economics of Dam Decommissioning for Ecosystem Restoration: Making Informed Decisions to Remove Aging U.S. Dams - Pearl Q. Zheng, Benjamin F. Hobbs, and Joseph F. Koonce11. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Political Economy of California Water Allocation - Rachael E. Goodhue, Susan Stratton Sayre, and Leo K. Simon12. Lessons from Los Angeles: Dealing with Diminishing Predictability in Los Angeles Water Sources - Brian C. Steed13. Dams, Water Rights, and Market Transfers in California - Richard W. WahlAbout the AuthorsIndex
Biography
Randy Simmons
