Scarce Water and Institutional Change / Edition 1

by Kenneth D. Frederick

Overview

The authors assess alternative approaches to meeting long-term water needs and resolving conflicts among competing water users in five areas: the Columbia River Basin; Kern County, California; south California; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and northeastern Colorado. This book argues that America's water supply problems are caused largely by bad habits and poor policies-especially policies that price water far under its true value. Originally published in 1986

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617260810
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2011
Series:	RFF Water Policy Set , #3
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: Overview; 2: Competition Between Irrigation and Hydropower in the Pacific Northwest; 3: Water Scarcity and Gains from Trade in Kern County, California; 4: Satisfying Southern California's Thirst for Water: Efficient Alternatives; 5: Costs of Water Management Institutions: The Case of Southeastern Virginia; 6: Innovations in Water Management: Lessons from the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District