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Decentralization and Coordination of Water Resource Management

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Editors:
  1. Douglas D. Parker

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Yacov Tsur

    1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
      University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

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Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 10)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction and Overview

      • Douglas D. Parker, Yacov Tsur
      Pages 1-5

  3. Regional Water Constraints: Middle East, California, Florida, and Australia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Israel Water Economy: An Overview

      • Dan Yaron
      Pages 9-22

    3. The Jordan River Basin: Beyond National Concerns

      • Janusz Kindler
      Pages 23-32

    4. Water Resources in Turkey: Availability, Use, and Management

      • Erol H. Cakmak
      Pages 33-44

    5. California’s Water Resources and Institutions

      • Douglas D. Parker
      Pages 45-54

    6. Decentralized Water Allocation in Florida

      • William G. Boggess
      Pages 55-66

    7. Australia’s Water Situation: Resource Allocation and Management in a Maturing System

      • John J. Pigram
      Pages 67-85

  4. Economic Modeling of Decentralized Water Management Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    3. Water Institutions: Transition to Markets and Other Decentralized Allocation Mechanism

      1. Designing Institutions for Water Management
        • James Roumasset
        Pages 179-198
      2. Employing Market Mechanisms to Encourage Efficient Use of Water in the Middle East
        • Nir Becker, Naomi Zeitouni, Mordechai Shechter
        Pages 199-220
      3. Efficient Management of Water in Agriculture
        • David Zilberman, Ujjayant Chakravorty, Farhed Shah
        Pages 221-246
      4. Deriving Short-Run, Multistage Demand Curves and Simulating Market Prices for Reservoir Water Under Weather Uncertainty
        • Norman Dudley, Bradley Scott
        Pages 247-260
      5. Water Institutions, Incentives, and Markets
        • K. William Easter, Gershon Feder
        Pages 261-282
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About this book

Centralized, top-down management of water resources through regulations has created unnecessary economic burdens upon users. More flexible decentralized controls through the use of economic incentives have gained acceptance over the past decade. The theme of this book is the increasing efforts throughout water-scarce regions to rely upon economic incentives and decentralized mechanisms for efficient water management and allocation.
The book begins with a section of introductory chapters describing water systems, institutions, constraints, and similarities in the following regions: Israel and the Middle East, Turkey, California, Florida, and Australia. Four of these regions face similar climates with wet winters and dry summers. Florida has a more even seasonal distribution of rainfall, yet it uses similar management strategies in controlling groundwater demand and water quality.
The book concludes with a section on water management case studies. These case studies examine issues of conflict related to both water quality and water quantity. While the case studies address both international and intranational concerns in specific regions of the world, they portray broad principles that are applicable to many regions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Douglas D. Parker

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

    Yacov Tsur

  • University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

    Yacov Tsur

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decentralization and Coordination of Water Resource Management

  • Editors: Douglas D. Parker, Yacov Tsur

  • Series Title: Natural Resource Management and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6117-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9914-8Published: 30 April 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7803-7Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6117-0Published: 08 July 2011

  • Series ISSN: 0929-127X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2511-8560

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 451

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Management

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