Overcoming water scarcity and quality constraints: Markets for Tradable Water Rights

Water markets have been advocated as a means of improving water resources management by increasing the efficiency of water use and allocation within and among sectors. Water markets are more flexible than command-and-control instruments in moving water to higher-valued uses in a manner agreeable to...

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Autor principal: Kemper, Karin E.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156280
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Sumario:Water markets have been advocated as a means of improving water resources management by increasing the efficiency of water use and allocation within and among sectors. Water markets are more flexible than command-and-control instruments in moving water to higher-valued uses in a manner agreeable to all parties, thus promoting economic growth and diminishing social tension from competition for scarce water resources.