The Economics Of Evaluating Water Projects

Author : Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642276699

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The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects by Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström Pdf

This book presents research on a kind of water use conflicts that is becoming more and more common and important: How to best manage moving water in times of increasing demand for electricity as well as environmental services. How should decisions be made between water use for electricity generation or for environmental and recreational benefits? The authors develop a simple general equilibrium model of a small open economy which is used to derive a cost-benefit rule that can be used to assess projects that divert water from electricity generation to recreational and other uses (or vice versa). The cost-benefit rule is then applied to the specific case of a proposed change at a Swedish hydropower plant. The book provides a manual for the evaluation of river regulations which can easily be replicated in other studies.

Author : Otto Eckstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 0674947851

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Water-resource Development by Otto Eckstein Pdf

Author : Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642276705

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The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects by Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström Pdf

This book presents research on a kind of water use conflicts that is becoming more and more common and important: How to best manage moving water in times of increasing demand for electricity as well as environmental services. How should decisions be made between water use for electricity generation or for environmental and recreational benefits? The authors develop a simple general equilibrium model of a small open economy which is used to derive a cost-benefit rule that can be used to assess projects that divert water from electricity generation to recreational and other uses (or vice versa). The cost-benefit rule is then applied to the specific case of a proposed change at a Swedish hydropower plant. The book provides a manual for the evaluation of river regulations which can easily be replicated in other studies.

Author : Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642367908

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Evaluating Water Projects by Per-Olov Johansson,Bengt Kriström Pdf

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.

Author : United States. Federal Inter-agency River Basin Committee. Subcommittee on Evaluation Standards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Regional planning
ISBN : UOM:39015023114575

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Proposed Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects by United States. Federal Inter-agency River Basin Committee. Subcommittee on Evaluation Standards Pdf

Author : United States. Water Resources Council. Special Task Force,United States. Task Force [on] Procedures for Evaluation of Water and Related Land Resource Projects,Water Resources Council (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013740489

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Procedures for Evaluation of Water and Related Land Resource Projects by United States. Water Resources Council. Special Task Force,United States. Task Force [on] Procedures for Evaluation of Water and Related Land Resource Projects,Water Resources Council (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Water Resources Council (U.S.).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : PURD:32754075980908

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Planning and Cost Sharing Policy Options for Water and Related Land Programs by Water Resources Council (U.S.). Pdf

Author : Maria Arlene M. Tadle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UVA:X030344800

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Evaluation of Water Supply Projects by Maria Arlene M. Tadle Pdf

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821383949

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Water and Development by The World Bank Pdf

Development patterns, increasing population pressure, and the demand for better livelihoods in many parts of the globe all contribute to a steadily deepening global water crisis. Development redirects, consumes, and pollutes water. It also causes changes in the state of natural water reservoirs, directly by draining aquifers and indirectly by melting glaciers and the polar ice caps. Maintaining a sustainable relationship between water and development requires that current needs be balanced against the needs of future generations. The development community has transformed and broadened its approach to water since the 1980s. As stresses on the quality and availability of water have increased, donors have begun to move toward more comprehensive approaches that seek to integrate water into development in other sectors. This evaluation examines the full scope of the World Bank s lending and grant support for water activities. More than 30 background papers prepared for the evaluation have analyzed Bank lending by thematic area and by activity type. IDA and IBRD (the Bank) have supported countries in many water-related sectors. The evaluation, by definition, is retrospective, but it identifies changes that will be necessary going forward, including those related to strengthening institutions and increasing financial sustainability. Lessons and results from nearly 2,000 loans and credits, and work with 142 countries are identified.

Author : Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Navigation Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Budget
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007530517

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Benefit-cost Analysis for Water Resource Projects by Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Navigation Development Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9715612202

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Handbook for the Economic Analysis of Water Supply Projects by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee to Study Civil Works,Robert Emmett Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UOM:39015084911109

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Economic Evaluation of Federal Water Resource Development Projects by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee to Study Civil Works,Robert Emmett Jones Pdf

Author : R. Kerry Turner
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251051909

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Economic Valuation of Water Resources in Agriculture by R. Kerry Turner Pdf

The purpose of this report is to produce a review on water resource valuation issues and techniques specifically for the appraisal and negotiation of raw (as opposed to bulk or retail) water resource allocation for agricultural development projects. The review considers raw water in naturally occurring watercourses, lakes, wetlands, soil and aquifers, taking an ecosystem function perspective at a catchment scale, and takes account of the demands from irrigated and rainfed agriculture. It is hoped that the review will have particular application to developing countries where agreed methods for reconciling competing uses are often absent, but nevertheless takes account of valuation approaches that have been made in post industrial economies.

Author : Australia. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : OCLC:1429241457

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A Selected Bibliography on Publications on Water Resource Policy and the Economics of Water Supply. The Economic Evaluation of Development Projects. Regional Development Analysis. Economic Interdependence - Input-output Analysis. Aspects of Economic Growth by Australia. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Pdf

Author : Robert A. Young,John B. Loomis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135040529

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Determining the Economic Value of Water by Robert A. Young,John B. Loomis Pdf

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market determined price signals are usually unavailable, economists have developed a range of alternative valuation methods for measuring economic benefits. This volume provides the most comprehensive exposition to-date of the application of economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies. It provides a conceptual framework for valuation of both commodity and public good uses of water, addressing non-market valuation techniques appropriate to measuring public benefits - including water quality improvement, recreation, and fish habitat enhancement. The book describes the various measurement methods, illustrates how they are applied in practice, and discusses their strengths, limitations, and appropriate roles. In this second edition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated, and in particular the coverage of water markets and valuation of ecosystem services from water has been expanded. Robert Young, author of the 2005 edition, has been joined for this new edition by John Loomis, who brings additional expertise on ecosystem services and the environmental economics of water for recreational and other public good uses of water.