The Water Paradox : Overcoming the Global Crisis in Water Management.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, TABLES AND BOXES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION The Water Paradox -- Why Should We Be Surprised? -- Freshwater Ecosystems-A Vital Resource under Threat -- Social and Economic Implications -- The Water Paradox -- 1 WATER AS AN ECONOMIC GOOD -- Physical and Economic Attributes of Water -- The Physical Resource -- The Economic Resource -- Water Can Be Both a Private and a Public Good -- Use It or Lose It -- 2 HUMANKIND AND WATER -- The Agricultural Transition and the Rise of Early Civilizations -- Innovations and Institutions in Water-Abundant and Water-Scarce Regions -- Water and the Industrial Revolution -- Exploiting Global Water Frontiers -- The Development of Modern Urban Water Systems -- Public Provision of Water Supply -- 3 WATER IN THE MODERN ERA Toward a Global Crisis? -- Population and Water -- Economy and Water -- Agriculture and Water -- Trade and Water -- Urbanization and Water -- The "Hydraulic Mission" of the Modern Era -- 4 A GLOBAL CRISIS IN WATER MANAGEMENT -- Climate Change and Water Scarcity -- Economic Growth and Water Scarcity -- Transboundary Water Resources -- The Global Groundwater Crisis -- Water Grabbing -- 5 REFORMING GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS -- River Basin Management -- Management of the Murray-Darling River Basin18 -- River Basin Management in Other Regions -- Groundwater Governance -- Lessons Learned -- 6 ENDING THE UNDERPRICING OF WATER -- Creating Water Markets -- Transaction Costs -- The Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia14 -- Chile15 -- The Western United States17 -- Other Regions and Countries -- Efficient Pricing of Water and Sanitation Services -- Clean Water and Sanitation -- Paying for Improved Water Quality -- Removal of Irrigation and Agricultural Subsidies -- 7 SUPPORTING INNOVATIONS.

The Innovation Challenge -- Innovation and Technology Spillovers -- Overcoming the Water Efficiency Paradox -- A Comprehensive Innovation Strategy -- Privatization -- Corporate Initiatives -- 8 MANAGING A GLOBAL RESOURCE -- Managing Transboundary Water Resources6 -- Managing Water Grabbing -- 9 THE FUTURE OF WATER -- Two Visions of the Future -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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