Overview
- Compares two approaches to handling natural resource conflicts
- A brand-new approach to empirical assessment of re-regulations
- Case of a hydropower plant in Sweden
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
Should more water be diverted to or from electricity generation? This timely question is addressed in this short volume. Two different approaches are introduced and compared:
The first is a cost-benefit analysis, examining the case of re-regulating a Swedish hydropower plant in which water is diverted from electricity generation to the downstream dryway. The proposed scenario generates environmental and other benefits, but comes at a cost in terms of lost electricity.
The second study introduces an approach very different from the one used in conventional cost-benefit analysis, and provides a set of measures designed so that most, if not all, affected parties will be better off. Thus, in contrast to a conventional cost-benefit analysis, which draws on hypothetical compensation measures, the new approach envisages actual compensation.
Comparing two different theoretical frameworks on the basis of a real-world case, this study can be seen as a manual that can be used to evaluate reasonably small re-regulation of rivers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Per-Olov Johansson is Professor emeritus in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has held a professorship (II) in health economics at the department of Economics at the University of Oslo and a professorship in resource and environmental economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. He has published more than 10 books internationally and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters.
Bengt Kriström is Professor of Resource Economics (SLU-Umeå) and Research Director, CERE, Sweden. His research is widely cited (top 1000 economists according to a 2002 compilation) and includes 50+ papers and 10 books. He has been a consultant to several international organizations, including the OECD and, at numerous occasions, the Swedish Government. He has organized the Ulvön International Conference on Environmental Economics since 1993.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evaluating Water Projects
Book Subtitle: Cost-Benefit Analysis Versus Win-Win Approach
Authors: Per-Olov Johansson, Bengt Kriström
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36790-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36789-2Published: 18 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36790-8Published: 08 April 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5504
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 67
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Economics, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution