Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management
How are the economic values of water and water quality accounted for in policy and project appraisal? This important book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in water resources management throughout Europe and North America, along with an examination of current a...
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Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar,
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843763598.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation
- 3. Water as an economic good
- 4. Appraising flood control investments in the UK
- 5. Cost-benefit analysis and flood control policy in the Netherlands
- 6. Cost-benefit analysis of river restoration in Denmark
- 7. Cost-benefit analysis and complex river basin management in the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden
- 8. The costs and benefits of implementing the European Urban Waste Water Directive in Greece
- 9. Cost-benefit analysis of the remedial action plan to improve water quality in the Great Lakes in Canada
- 10. Benefit-cost analysis of regulations affecting surface water quality in the United States
- 11. The costs and benefits of a revised European bathing water directive in the Netherlands
- 12. Cost-benefit analysis of improved bathing water quality in the United Kingdom as a result of a revision of the European Bathing Water Directive
- 13. Cost-benefit analysis of large-scale groundwater remediation in France
- 14. Cost-benefit analysis and efficient water allocation in Cyprus
- 15. Cost-benefit analysis, water scarcity and sustainable water use in Spain
- 16. Cost-benefit analysis of urban water supply in Mexico City.