| The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management Contributor(s): Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor), González-Gómez, Francisco (Editor), Biswas, Asit (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138779989 ISBN-13: 9781138779983 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General |
| Dewey: 333.91 |
| Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.1" W x 10" (1.60 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book focuses on participation of the public and private sectors in urban water management and on the role of water pricing. It discusses in-depth topics such as public choices of urban water service management; dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services; adoption of water demand instruments; impacts of price and non-price policies on residential water demand; quality of water services; lessons from not-for-profit public-private partnerships; and critical examinations of models and projections of demands in water utility resource planning in England and Wales. Appropriateness of water prices and tariffs in achieving socially desirable outcomes is also analyzed and a global survey of urban water tariffs is approached with a focus on sustainability, efficiency and fairness. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Management. |