Determining the Economic Value of Water

Part 1: Economic Value of Water: Theory and Concepts. 1. Water, Economics, and the Nature of Water Policy Issues. 2. Conceptual Framework and Special Problems in Valuing Water. 3. Methods for Valuing Producers’ Uses of Water. 4. Applied Methods of Valuation of Water as Environmental Public Goods. Part 2: Applications of Valuation Methods. 5. Valuation of Water Used in Irrigated Crop Production. 6. Valuing Water Used by Industry. 7. Valuing Water in Municipal Uses. 8. Valuation of Selected Water-Related Public Goods. 9. Conclusions. References. Glossary. Index.
 

'This thorough and well referenced book is likely to become an important resource for every economist working in the area of water resource valuation and policy analysis. With both technical details and clear exposition, it would also be an excellent guide for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses.' Molly Espey, Clemson University, in Journal of Agribusiness
'[A] superb work. . . . Highly recommended.' Choice
‘Overall, there are many things to like about this book... This book should be required reading for every politician who is responsible for water policy making’, Steven Renzetti, Dept of Economics, Brock University, Canada, in Environmental and Resource Economics (2005)
‘I plan to keep this book for my personal bookshelf ... The book could easily be used as the principle text or supplementary text for MS level classes in water resources management and as a reference for many classes in environmental studies and agricultural economics’. Donald Agthe, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2006)

Robert A. Young is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University, USA.