263 Pages
by
Routledge
263 Pages
by
Routledge
263 Pages
by
Routledge
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While water is an increasingly scarce resource, most existing methods to allocate it are neither economically nor environmentally efficient. In these circumstances, water markets offer developed countries a form of regulatory response capable of overcoming many of the shortcomings of current water management. The debate on water markets is, however, a polarized one. This is mostly a result of... Read more
Acknowledgements, Most frequently used acronyms, 1. Scarcity, droughts, and the gap to be filled by water markets, 2. Market failures and governmental roles, 3. Roadmap to the case studies, 4. California’s water markets, 5. Spain’s water markets, 6. Comparison between water markets in California and in Spain, Index
Biography
Vanessa Casado Pérez is an associate professor at the Texas A&M School of Law and an affiliated scholar at the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. Her research focuses on property law and management of natural resources, particularly water.
