UID:
almafu_9959828281502883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 404 p.) :
,
ill., maps.
ISBN:
9781845426705 (e-book)
Content:
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 applications.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1843763591 (pbk.)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843763598 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847202345 (pbk.)
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
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