Overview
- Offers a comprehensive textbook on water economics
- Introduces key economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water scarcity
- Combines the technical fundamentals of the hydrological cycle with economic allocation rules
- Assesses the political and ethical dimensions of water management
Part of the book series: Springer Water (SPWA)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay between the hydrological cycle and the rules and institutions that govern today’s water allocation policies, the authors develop a modern perspective on water management. Moreover, the book presents an in-depth assessment of the political and ethical dimensions of water management and its institutional embeddedness, by discussing distribution issues and issues of the enforceability of human rights in managing water resources. Given its scope, the book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics and engineering, as well as practitioners in the water sector, seekinga deeper understanding of economic approaches to the study of water management.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Markus Siehlow is a Senior Researcher at the Workgroup of Environmental Economics at Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin). His specialization is in the field of water economics, such as transboundary water management and industrial economics of the water sector. He works also on the field of resource, ecological and environmental economics. Together with Georg Meran, he gives courses in these economic disciplines. His PhD thesis focus on the topic of hydro-economic modeling, where methods from Operations Research are applied to the water sector.
Christian von Hirschhausen is a Professor of Infrastructure Economics at Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany, and Research Director at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany. His research covers various infrastructure sectors, e.g., water, transportation and energy. His most recent publications have been on regulatory issues and pricing, and include a compilation on “Water - Economics and Management of a Key Resource” (DIW Berlin, 2010).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics of Water
Book Subtitle: Rules and Institutions
Authors: Georg Meran, Markus Siehlow, Christian von Hirschhausen
Series Title: Springer Water
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48485-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48484-2Published: 05 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48487-3Published: 06 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48485-9Published: 04 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-6934
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8198
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 301
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution