Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy Insights from International Experience

Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy Insights from International Experience / edited by Manuel Lago, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos M. Gómez, Gonzalo Delacámara, Alexandros Maziotis.

This book assesses both the effectiveness and efficiency of implemented Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in order to achieve water policy goals, and identifies the preconditions under which they outperform alternative (e.g. regulatory) policy instruments and/or can complement them as part of compl...

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Other Authors: Lago, Manuel (Editor), Mysiak, Jaroslav (Editor), Gómez, Carlos M. (Editor), Delacámara, Gonzalo (Editor), Maziotis, Alexandros (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Global Issues in Water Policy, 14
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Environmental management.
Environmental economics.
Water.
Environment.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Defining and assessing Economic Policy Instruments for sustainable water management
  • 2. Water pricing and taxes: an introduction
  • 3. Effluent Tax in Germany
  • 4. The Water Load Fee of Hungary
  • 5. Water Abstraction Charges and Compensation Payments in Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
  • 6. The Danish Pesticide Tax
  • 7. Subsidies for drinking water conservation in Cyprus
  • 8. Residential Water Pricing in Italy
  • 9. Water tariffs in agriculture – Emilia Romagna case study
  • 10. Corporatization and Price Setting in the Urban Water Sector under Statewide Central Administration: The Israeli Experience
  • 11. Water Budget Rate Structure:  Experiences from Several Urban Utilities in Southern California
  • 12. Green energy certificates and compliance market
  • 13. Subsidies for ecologically friendly hydropower plants through favourable electricity remuneration in Germany
  • 14. Water trading: an introduction
  • 15. Water Quality Trading in Ohio
  • 16. Nitrogen Reduction in North Carolina
  • 17. Evaluation of Salinity Offset Programs in Australia
  • 18. Water Trading in the Tagus River Basin (Spain)
  • 19. Chilean Water Rights Markets as a Water Allocation Mechanism
  • 20. Unbundling water rights as a means to improve water markets in Australia’s Southern Connected Murray Darling Basin
  • 21. The Development of An Efficient Water Market in Northern Colorado, USA
  • 22. Other types of incentives in water policy: an introduction
  • 23. Cooperative agreements between water supply companies and farmers in Dorset (E)
  • 24. Financial compensation for environmental services – the case of the Evian Natural Mineral Water (France)
  • 25. New York City’s Watershed Agricultural Program
  • 26. Voluntary Agreement for River Regime Restoration Services in the Ebro River Basin (Spain)
  • 27. Voluntary Agreements to Promote the Use of Reclaimed Water at Tordera River Basin
  • 28. Key Conclusions and Methodological lessons from application of EPIs in addressing water policy challenges.

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