Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?

Water markets are a potential approach for reallocating and improving the efficiency of water use in river basins in which water resources are under stress as a consequence of demographic and economic pressures. However, establishing water markets is not easy and to be successful a wide range of con...

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Autores principales: Reardon-Smith, Kathryn, McCartney, Matthew P., Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115184
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description Water markets are a potential approach for reallocating and improving the efficiency of water use in river basins in which water resources are under stress as a consequence of demographic and economic pressures. However, establishing water markets is not easy and to be successful a wide range of context specific criteria, relating to the legal and institutional framework as well as political and economic conditions, must be met. We applied the Water Market Readiness Assessment framework proposed by Wheeler et al. (2017) to investigate whether adequate policy and governance arrangements were in place to enable water markets to effectively operate in the countries of the Lower Mekong River Basin. We identify a number of key gaps and conclude that more conventional regulatory approaches, along with integrated basin planning and management, will likely better serve the communities and environments of the region.
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spelling CGSpace1151842025-05-20T06:01:49Z Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin? Reardon-Smith, Kathryn McCartney, Matthew P. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria water market river basins water resources development water management integrated management frameworks water allocation water use efficiency water access international waters water governance water policies water quality agricultural development infrastructure socioeconomic aspects case studies Water markets are a potential approach for reallocating and improving the efficiency of water use in river basins in which water resources are under stress as a consequence of demographic and economic pressures. However, establishing water markets is not easy and to be successful a wide range of context specific criteria, relating to the legal and institutional framework as well as political and economic conditions, must be met. We applied the Water Market Readiness Assessment framework proposed by Wheeler et al. (2017) to investigate whether adequate policy and governance arrangements were in place to enable water markets to effectively operate in the countries of the Lower Mekong River Basin. We identify a number of key gaps and conclude that more conventional regulatory approaches, along with integrated basin planning and management, will likely better serve the communities and environments of the region. 2021-08-06 2021-09-28T02:43:25Z 2021-09-28T02:43:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115184 en Limited Access Edward Elgar Publishing Reardon-Smith, K.; McCartney, Matthew; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria. 2021. Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin? In Wheeler, S. A. (Ed.). Water markets: a global assessment. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp.91-111. [doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976930.00015]
spellingShingle water market
river basins
water resources development
water management
integrated management
frameworks
water allocation
water use efficiency
water access
international waters
water governance
water policies
water quality
agricultural development
infrastructure
socioeconomic aspects
case studies
Reardon-Smith, Kathryn
McCartney, Matthew P.
Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title_full Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title_fullStr Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title_full_unstemmed Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title_short Are water markets a viable proposition in the Lower Mekong Basin?
title_sort are water markets a viable proposition in the lower mekong basin
topic water market
river basins
water resources development
water management
integrated management
frameworks
water allocation
water use efficiency
water access
international waters
water governance
water policies
water quality
agricultural development
infrastructure
socioeconomic aspects
case studies
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