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  • 1
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049074487
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (38 Seiten))
    Edition: Online-Ausg
    Content: Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and characteristics of the utilities operating in the different countries. They find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In Brazil the authors cannot reject the null hypothesis of constant returns to scale. They also find evidence of economies of customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater sector varies significantly between countries and within countries, and over time, which has implications for how to regulate the sector
    Additional Edition: Nauges, Celine How "Natural" Are Natural Monopolies In The Water Supply And Sewerage Sector ?
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  • 2
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048265878
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (35 p)
    Content: In large parts of the world, a lack of home tap water burdens households as the water must be brought to the house from outside, at great expense in terms of effort and time. This paper studies how such costs affect girls' schooling in Ghana, with an analysis based on four rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys. Using Global Positioning System coordinates, it builds an artificial panel of clusters, identifying the closest neighbors within each round. The results indicate a significant negative relation between girls' school attendance and water hauling activity, as a halving of water fetching time increases girls' school attendance by 2.4 percentage points on average, with stronger impacts in rural communities. The results seem to be the first definitive documentation of such a relationship in Africa. They document some of the multiple and wide population benefits of increased tap water access, in Africa and elsewhere
    Additional Edition: Nauges, Céline Water Hauling and Girls' School Attendance
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  • 3
    UID:
    b3kat_BV049074683
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3941
    Content: "In many countries water supply is a service that is seriously underpriced, especially for residential consumers. This has led to a call for setting cost recovery policies to ensure that the tariffs charged for water supply cover the full cost of providing for the service. Yet, the question arises on how consumers will react to such price increases. The authors illustrate the impact of price increases on consumption of piped water through a study of the demand for water of piped and non-piped households using cross-sectional data from 1,800 households in Southwest Sri Lanka. The (marginal) price elasticity is estimated at -0.74 for households exclusively relying on piped water, and at -0.69 for households using piped water but supplementing their supply with other water sources, with no significant differences between income groups. Those households that depend on non-piped water sources have a time cost elasticity (as a proxy for price elasticity) of only -0.06. The authors discuss the implications of these results in terms of pricing policy. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/30/2006
    Additional Edition: Nauges, Celine Water markets, demand, and cost recovery for piped water supply services
    Language: English
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    gbv_724220623
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3941
    Content: "In many countries water supply is a service that is seriously underpriced, especially for residential consumers. This has led to a call for setting cost recovery policies to ensure that the tariffs charged for water supply cover the full cost of providing for the service. Yet, the question arises on how consumers will react to such price increases. The authors illustrate the impact of price increases on consumption of piped water through a study of the demand for water of piped and non-piped households using cross-sectional data from 1,800 households in Southwest Sri Lanka. The (marginal) price elasticity is estimated at -0.74 for households exclusively relying on piped water, and at -0.69 for households using piped water but supplementing their supply with other water sources, with no significant differences between income groups. Those households that depend on non-piped water sources have a time cost elasticity (as a proxy for price elasticity) of only -0.06. The authors discuss the implications of these results in terms of pricing policy. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/30/2006 , Also available in print.
    Additional Edition: Nauges, Celine Water markets, demand, and cost recovery for piped water supply services
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    UID:
    gbv_828379475
    Format: Online-Ressource (42 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Environment Working Papers no.73
    Content: This report focuses on households’ behaviour in relation to water use. It presents the results of follow-up analysis of the 2011 OECD Survey on Environmental Policy and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC) where econometric techniques are applied. This report complements the overview of the survey data provided in the publication OECD (2014). The analysis shows that households whose bill depends on actual water use are unambiguously more likely to exhibit pro-environmental behaviours in terms of water use, including undertaking water-saving behaviours, purchasing water-efficient devices, and taking water efficiency into account when purchasing such equipment. The results also confirm that the effect of social norms, attitudes, and opinions about the environment in general do matter in explaining households’ behaviour and investment decisions. The main policy recommendations that can be derived from this study are: to charge households for water based on their actual water use and to pursue individuals’ sensitisation to environmental issues by promoting water-conservation behaviours through campaigns and advertising, primarily targeting male and young adults.
    Language: English
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    UID:
    b3kat_BV047936577
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (41 Seiten) , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: OECD Environment Working Papers
    Content: This report focuses on households' behaviour in relation to water use. It presents the results of follow-up analysis of the 2011 OECD Survey on Environmental Policy and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC) where econometric techniques are applied. This report complements the overview of the survey data provided in the publication OECD (2014). The analysis shows that households whose bill depends on actual water use are unambiguously more likely to exhibit pro-environmental behaviours in terms of water use, including undertaking water-saving behaviours, purchasing water-efficient devices, and taking water efficiency into account when purchasing such equipment. The results also confirm that the effect of social norms, attitudes, and opinions about the environment in general do matter in explaining households' behaviour and investment decisions. The main policy recommendations that can be derived from this study are: to charge households for water based on their actual water use and to pursue individuals' sensitisation to environmental issues by promoting water-conservation behaviours through campaigns and advertising, primarily targeting male and young adults
    Language: English
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  • 7
    UID:
    b3kat_BV040687387
    Format: 38 S. , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: CESifo working paper series 3978 : Category 9, Resource and environment economics
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_1656988372
    Format: Online-Ressource (XI, 641 p. 91 illus., 54 illus. in color, online resource)
    ISBN: 9789401798013
    Series Statement: Global Issues in Water Policy 15
    Content: Chapter 1 Understanding and managing urban water in transition (introduction) -- Part 1 Water supply and sanitation -- Chapter 2 How water services manage territories and technologies: history and current trends in developed countries -- Chapter 3 Coping with extraneous water in sewerage systems -- Chapter 4 Challenges for water supply and sanitation in developing countries: case studies from Zimbabwe -- Chapter 5 The challenges of providing water and sanitation to urban slum settlements in South Africa -- Chapter 6 Integrating water quality into urban water management and planning while addressing the challenge of water security -- Chapter 7 The development of private bore-wells as independent water supplies: challenges for water utilities in France and Australia -- Chapter 8 Inter-basin transfers as a supply option: the end of an era? -- Chapter 9 Three engineering paradigms in the historical development of water services: more, better and cheaper water to European cities -- Chapter 10 Investing in the water infrastructure of tomorrow -- Part 2 Water demand and water economics.- Chapter 11 Long-term water demand forecasting -- Chapter 12 The use of non-pricing instruments to manage residential water demand: What have we learned? -- Chapter 13 The Social determinants of water consumption in Australian cities -- Chapter 14 Non-household Water Demand: the Industrial and Commercial Sectors -- Chapter 15 Integrating social aspects into urban water pricing: Australian and international perspectives -- Chapter 16 Does residential water use depend on water quality? Some answers from a French case study -- Chapter 17 A simulation model for understanding the consequences of alternative water and wastewater tariff structures: A case study of Fayoum, Egypt -- Chapter 18 Managing water variability issues -- Chapter 19 Volumetric Water Pricing, Social Surplus and Supply Augmentation -- Part 3 Water governance and integrated management -- Chapter 20 Governance and regulation of the urban water sector: Quoi de neuf? -- Chapter 21 Public–private partnerships and their ownership in the urban water sector -- Chapter 22 Issues of governance, policy and law in managing urban–rural and groundwater–surface water connections -- Chapter 23 Integrated management of urban water supply and water quality in developing Pacific Island countries -- Chapter 24 The “renaturation” of urban rivers: the case of the St Charles River in Quebec -- Chapter 25 Adapting to climate change in urban water management: flood management in the Rotterdam–Rijnmond area -- Chapter 26 Transboundary urban water: the case of Singapore and Malaysia -- Chapter 27 The opportunities and challenges of implementing ‘water sensitive urban design’: lessons from stormwater management in Victoria, Australia -- Chapter 28 How does energy efficiency affect urban water systems?.
    Content: This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific insights of researchers with the practical experiences of urban water practitioners to understand and respond to key trends in how urban water is supplied, treated and consumed. The 51 contributors to the volume provide a range of insights, case studies, summaries and analyses of urban water and from a global perspective. The first section on water supply and sanitation includes case studies from Zimbabwe, France and South Africa, among others. Water demand and water economics are addressed in the second section of the book, with chapters on long-term water demand forecasting, the social determinants of water consumption in Australian cities, a study of water quality and consumption in France, governance and regulation of the urban water sector and more. The third section explores water governance and integrated management, with chapters on water management in Quebec, in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond urban area, in Singapore and in Australia. The final section offers perspectives on challenges and future uncertainties for urban water systems in transition. Collectively, the diverse insights provide an important step forward in response to the challenges of sustainably delivering water safely, efficiently and equitably.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition; 1 Introduction; 2 Drivers of Transition in Urban Water; 2.1 Population Growth, Demographic Change and Increasing Urbanisation; 2.2 Increasing Resource Scarcity, Including Water; 2.3 Technological Innovation; 2.4 New Water Governance Approaches and Systems; 2.5 Changing Water Values and Cultures; 2.6 Climate Variability and Global Changes; 2.7 Ecosystem Degradation; 2.8 Political Ideology and Development of International Norms; 3 Adaptations and Transformations in Urban Water Systems , 3.1 Improvements in Public Health and Equality of Service3.2 Protection of Life, Livelihoods and Ensuring Well-Being (of Humans and the Environment); 3.3 Encouraging Resource Efficiency or 'Doing More With Less'; 3.4 Commodification and Economic Valuation of Water; 3.5 Low Impact Development or "Water Sensitive Urban Design"; 3.6 Integrated or Whole of Systems Approaches; 3.7 Resilient and Adaptive Systems; 3.8 Participatory Democracy; 3.9 Decentralisation, Diversification and Hybridisation of Water Systems , 4 Perspectives: Challenges and Future Uncertainties for Urban Water Systems in TransitionReferences; Part I: Water Supply and Sanitation; Chapter 2: How Water Services Manage Territories and Technologies: History and Current Trends in Developed Countries; 1 Introduction; 2 A Vast Array of Public-Private Arrangements; 2.1 Focus on the Paris Region; 2.2 The Diversity of Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Models in Developed Countries; 2.3 A Common Evolution Toward Hybrid Partnerships?; 3 Upscaling/Downscaling WSS Management: The Right Mix?; 3.1 The Parisian Case , 3.2 Concentration Process: Looking for an Improved Performance of Water Services3.3 Centralisation of Water Production: A Strategic Path to Deal with Water Scarcity; 3.4 Decentralised Systems: Emergency Patches or Next Step Towards Sustainability?; 4 Integration Versus Unbundling of Water Services; 4.1 Insight into Paris; 4.2 Vertical Integration Versus Unbundling; 4.3 Horizontal Integration Versus Unbundling; 4.4 Water Services: Financial Autonomy or Dependence?; 5 Interactions Between WSS and Water Resources; 5.1 Situation in Paris; 5.2 Water Services Manage Water Resources… , 5.3 …and Water Resource Institutions Manage Water Services!6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Coping with Extraneous Water in Sewerage Systems; 1 Evolution of Urban Wastewater Management; 1.1 Evolution in Thinking; 1.2 Evolution of Technologies; 2 Extraneous Water: A Common Deficiency in Sewer Systems; 3 Simplified Methodology; 4 Estimation of Extraneous Water in Sewer Systems of Two Towns in Bulgaria; 4.1 Background; 4.2 Case Study: Bansko; 4.2.1 General Information; 4.2.2 The Problem of Extraneous Water; 4.2.3 Wastewater Flow Measurement Survey; 4.2.4 Wastewater Quality Measurement Survey , 4.3 Case Study: Gotse Delchev , Chapter 1 Understanding and managing urban water in transition (introduction)Part 1 Water supply and sanitation -- Chapter 2 How water services manage territories and technologies: history and current trends in developed countries -- Chapter 3 Coping with extraneous water in sewerage systems -- Chapter 4 Challenges for water supply and sanitation in developing countries: case studies from Zimbabwe -- Chapter 5 The challenges of providing water and sanitation to urban slum settlements in South Africa -- Chapter 6 Integrating water quality into urban water management and planning while addressing the challenge of water security -- Chapter 7 The development of private bore-wells as independent water supplies: challenges for water utilities in France and Australia -- Chapter 8 Inter-basin transfers as a supply option: the end of an era? -- Chapter 9 Three engineering paradigms in the historical development of water services: more, better and cheaper water to European cities -- Chapter 10 Investing in the water infrastructure of tomorrow -- Part 2 Water demand and water economics.- Chapter 11 Long-term water demand forecasting -- Chapter 12 The use of non-pricing instruments to manage residential water demand: What have we learned? -- Chapter 13 The Social determinants of water consumption in Australian cities -- Chapter 14 Non-household Water Demand: the Industrial and Commercial Sectors -- Chapter 15 Integrating social aspects into urban water pricing: Australian and international perspectives -- Chapter 16 Does residential water use depend on water quality? Some answers from a French case study -- Chapter 17 A simulation model for understanding the consequences of alternative water and wastewater tariff structures: A case study of Fayoum, Egypt -- Chapter 18 Managing water variability issues -- Chapter 19 Volumetric Water Pricing, Social Surplus and Supply Augmentation -- Part 3 Water governance and integrated management -- Chapter 20 Governance and regulation of the urban water sector: Quoi de neuf? -- Chapter 21 Public-private partnerships and their ownership in the urban water sector -- Chapter 22 Issues of governance, policy and law in managing urban-rural and groundwater-surface water connections -- Chapter 23 Integrated management of urban water supply and water quality in developing Pacific Island countries -- Chapter 24 The “renaturation” of urban rivers: the case of the St Charles River in Quebec -- Chapter 25 Adapting to climate change in urban water management: flood management in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area -- Chapter 26 Transboundary urban water: the case of Singapore and Malaysia -- Chapter 27 The opportunities and challenges of implementing ‘water sensitive urban design’: lessons from stormwater management in Victoria, Australia -- Chapter 28 How does energy efficiency affect urban water systems?.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789401798006
    Additional Edition: Druckausg. ISBN 978-940-179-800-6
    Language: English
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  • 9
    UID:
    gbv_1017850682
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Content: Using panel data, we estimate measures of density, scale and scope economies in four countries that differ substantially in their levels of economic development and in their piped water and sewerage coverage: Brazil, Moldova, Romania and Vietnam. We find evidence of economies of scale in Moldova, Romania and Vietnam. In Brazil, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of constant returns to scale. The results of this study show that the cost structure of water and sewerage utilities varies significantly within and between countries and over time
    Language: English
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  • 10
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    [s.l.] : World Bank
    UID:
    gbv_101784738X
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Content: A better understanding of household water use in developing countries is necessary to manage and expand water systems more effectively. Several meta-analyzes have examined the determinants of household water demand in industrialized countries, but little effort has been made to synthesize the growing body of literature evaluating household water demand in developing countries. This article reviews what is known and what is missing from that literature thus far. Analysis of demand for water in developing countries is complicated by abundant evidence that, contrary to what is observed in most developed countries, households in developing countries have access to, and may use more than one of several types of, water sources. The authors describe the different modeling strategies that researchers have adopted to estimate water demand in developing countries and discuss issues related to data collection. The findings from the literature on the main determinants of water demand in these countries suggest that, despite heterogeneity in the places and time periods studied, most estimates of own-price elasticity of water from private connections are in the range from −0.3 to −0.6, close to what is usually reported for industrialized countries. The empirical findings on decisions relating to household water sources are much less robust and should be a high priority for future research.
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