Transferable Groundwater Rights: Integrating hydrogeology, law and economics - Couverture rigide

Livre 5 sur 54: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

Charalambous, Andreas N.

 
9780415507240: Transferable Groundwater Rights: Integrating hydrogeology, law and economics
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ISBN 10 : 0415507243 ISBN 13 : 9780415507240
Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

The principle of transferable groundwater rights is that by making water rights capable of being traded in the market, water resources can be used more sustainably and efficiently. Groundwater would achieve its economic value, by switching from the high volume-low value irrigation, which is prevalent with many farmers, particularly in South Asia, to low volume-high value urban supply or the growing of intensive horticultural or cash crops.

This book discusses transferable groundwater rights in their broader context. It starts with a detailed description of the physical aspects of groundwater, which non-technical readers should find useful, followed by a discussion of legal and economic aspects. Water transfers and the international experiences in transferable groundwater rights are dealt with in detail in two subsequent chapters. A model is presented to guide those involved in water resources management and planning in their decision process to introduce transferable groundwater rights and water rights trading.

The author concludes that transferable groundwater rights potentially offer a better alternative to land-based water rights systems. However, he casts serious doubt on whether groundwater rights trading on its own can achieve water resources sustainability, environmental protection and social equity. Government intervention seems to be almost always needed to assist the water rights market and take responsibility for any of its adverse consequences.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andreas Charalambous is a Consultant and Director of Hydrolaw Ltd, Guildford, UK. He has postgraduate qualifications in hydrogeology from University College, London, and in water law from the UNESCO Centre for Water Law and Policy, University of Dundee.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415507243
ISBN 13 
9780415507240
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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