Water resource economics and policy : an introduction

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Water Resources, Water Resource Economics, and Law 2. Review of Basic Microeconomics Applied to Water Resources 3. Water Quality Issues 4. Water Prices and Rates for Residential Use 5. Water and Agriculture 6. Uncertainty and Risk in Supply and Demand of Water Resources 7. Groundwater 8. In Situ Uses of Water: Environmental and Recreational Values 9. Floods and Droughts and the Role of Dams 10. Water Issues Outside the United States 11. Summary, Suggestions for Future Work, Conclusions Index

For Shaw (agricultural economics, Texas A&M U.), economics lays at the heart of most issues of water allocation and water conflict. In this work he provides an economist's view of a range of topics related to human uses of water