TY - BOOK ID - 707216 TI - Water Markets for the 21st Century : What Have We Learned? AU - Easter, K. William. AU - Huang, Qiuqiong. PY - 2014 SN - 9401790817 9401790809 1322175438 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Water-supply KW - Economic aspects. KW - Availability, Water KW - Water availability KW - Water resources KW - Natural resources KW - Public utilities KW - Water resources development KW - Water utilities KW - Environmental pollution. KW - Environmental law. KW - Agricultural economics. KW - Marketing. KW - Agriculture. KW - Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. KW - Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. KW - Agricultural Economics. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Consumer goods KW - Domestic marketing KW - Retail marketing KW - Retail trade KW - Industrial management KW - Aftermarkets KW - Selling KW - Agrarian question KW - Agribusiness KW - Agricultural economics KW - Agricultural production economics KW - Agriculture KW - Production economics, Agricultural KW - Environment law KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental protection KW - Environmental quality KW - Environmental policy KW - Law KW - Sustainable development KW - Chemical pollution KW - Chemicals KW - Contamination of environment KW - Environmental pollution KW - Pollution KW - Contamination (Technology) KW - Asbestos abatement KW - Bioremediation KW - Environmental engineering KW - Factory and trade waste KW - Hazardous waste site remediation KW - Hazardous wastes KW - In situ remediation KW - Lead abatement KW - Pollutants KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Marketing KW - Economic aspects KW - Law and legislation KW - Environmental aspects KW - Water pollution. KW - Environmental policy. KW - Environment and state KW - Environmental management KW - State and environment KW - Environmental auditing KW - Aquatic pollution KW - Fresh water KW - Fresh water pollution KW - Freshwater pollution KW - Inland water pollution KW - Lake pollution KW - Lakes KW - Reservoirs KW - River pollution KW - Rivers KW - Stream pollution KW - Water contamination KW - Water pollutants KW - Water pollution KW - Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:707216 AB - This book evaluates the history, the present and the future of water markets on 5 continents, beginning with the institutional underpinnings of water markets and factors influencing transaction costs. The book examines markets in seven countries and three different U.S. states, ranging from village-level water markets in Oman to basin wide formal water markets in Australia's Murray-Darling River basin. Introductory chapters on the background of water markets and on transaction costs and policy design are followed by chapter length discussion of water markets as an adaptive response to climate change and of supply reliability in a changing climate. Case studies describe a variety of facets of the design and function of markets around the world: California, Chile, Spain, Oman, Australia, Canada, India and China. In analyzing these real-world examples of markets, the contributors explore water rights, and trading of rights between agricultural and urban sectors, and the principles and function of option markets. They discuss different sized approaches, from large scale, ministry-level administration of markets to informal arrangements among farmers in the same village, or groups of villages which allocate water without large investment in management and infrastructure. Discussion includes questions of why water market practices have not expanded more rapidly in arid places. The book discusses mechanisms for resolving conflicts between water rights holders as well as between water right holders and third parties impacted by water trades, and whether or not public ownership of water rights or use rights should trump private ownership and under what condition. Also covered are new and expanding categories of water use, beyond human consumption, agriculture and industry to new technologies ranging from extracting natural gas from shale to producing biofuels. The book concludes with suggestions for future water markets and offers a realistic picture of how they might change water use and distribution practices going forward. ER -