Use of economic instruments in water policy : insights from international experience /: insights from international experience. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mannuel Lago [and four others].
• Editors: Lago, Manuel
• Other Names: Mysiak, Jaroslav; Gómez, Carlos M; Delacámara, Gonzalo; Maziotis, Alexans
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.48; Environment; Water; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Water; Environmental Sciences; Law, General & Comparative; Economic History; Law, Politics & Government; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Business & Economics; Science -- Environmental Science; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Environmental management; Environmental economics; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; The environment; Environmental law; Environmental economics; Environmental sciences; Law -- Environmental; Environment law; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319182872; 3319182870; 3319182862; 9783319182865
• Related ISBNs: 9783319182865
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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