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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| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2001
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156280 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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