Cost–Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847202349 ISBN 13: 9781847202345

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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.

The distinguished authors highlight problems and challenges encountered in the use of CBA in 15 country-specific case studies. Based on these case studies, the value and limits of CBA in water resources management are assessed and special attention is paid to the institutional and policy context in which CBA is carried out.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management is written for both academics and policymakers interested in the use and usefulness of CBA in water resources management.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Roy Brouwer, Executive Director Water Institute, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, Canada and the late David Pearce, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847202349
• ISBN 13: 9781847202345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Brouwer Roy, Pearce David