Sustainable Development in Water-stressed Developing Countries: A Quantitative Policy Analysis - Couverture rigide

Kojima, Satoshi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847200621 ISBN 13 : 9781847200624

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

This innovative book investigates the practical applications of sustainable development in the spirit of the Brundtland Report, paying special attention to water-stressed developing countries. Satoshi Kojima argues that the main objective of sustainable development is poverty alleviation within the present generation without destroying those ecosystems underpinning life support systems. The policy implications of such sustainable development policies are investigated with an original quantitative policy analysis framework.

The book develops an innovative dynamic optimisation CGE model based on the Ramsey growth model but employs an imperfect foresight assumption and a decentralised setting in which the private agent and the government optimise their objective functions separately. The model also addresses trade-offs between rain-fed and irrigated agriculture, urban unemployment due to rural-urban migration and welfare costs of lack of safe water access. The model is calibrated and dynamically validated against Moroccan time-series data.

Researchers in environmental, ecological and development economics will find this book of great interest. It will also appeal to researchers and scholars interested in water management and related issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Satoshi Kojima, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847200621
• ISBN 13: 9781847200624
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible