Water Resources Allocation : Sharing Risks and Opportunities.

Cover -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: Re-allocating water in a water scarce world -- Key messages -- Growing pressures on water allocation regimes -- Changing patterns of demand -- Climate change impacts on freshwater -- Deteriorating water quality -- Water use efficiency gains and changes in rates of water consumption -- Shifting social preferences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: A framework for water allocation -- Key messages -- Policy objectives of allocation regimes -- Water: A resource with public and private good characteristics -- Legal status of water and claims to use water -- Transboundary considerations -- Policy instruments and mechanisms for water allocation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: The current water allocation landscape -- Key messages -- Examining the survey results in context -- Reforming water allocation regimes -- General contextual information for allocation -- Understanding the physical features of the water resource and demand profile -- Defining the available ("allocable") water resource pool -- How users access water and how this works in practice -- Water abstraction charges -- Monitoring and enforcement of water withdrawals and allocation rules -- Summary of key findings from the Survey of Water Resources Allocation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Reforming water allocation regimes -- Key messages -- Why reform? Building the case for water allocation reform -- Policy options appraisal for water allocation reform -- The water allocation reform process -- Assessment of water allocation reforms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: A "Health Check" for Water Resources Allocation -- Key messages -- System level elements of a water allocation regime.

User level elements of a water allocation regime -- Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Annex A: Questionnaire for the OECD project on water resources allocation.

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