(OECD), Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Korea.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (136 pages)
- OECD Report Series .
- OECD Report Series .
Cover -- Copyright -- Note from the Secretariat -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Chapter 1: Water management in Korea at a turning point -- 1. Key achievements in water management in Korea -- 1.1. Coping with rapid economic and urban growth -- 1.2. Coping with seasonal and regional variability in water availability -- 2. Key future trends affecting water security in Korea -- 2.1. Demographic trends -- 2.2. Climate change -- 2.3. Economic trends and fiscal consolidation -- Annex 1.A1. Data on water resources availability in Korea -- Annex 1.A2. A brief history of water resources development in Korea -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Policy, legal and institutional framework for water management in Korea -- 1. Recent developments in policy and legal framework for water management in Korea -- 1.1. Dynamics of water policy -- 1.2. Main water reforms -- 2. Who does what at which level in water management -- 2.1. Roles and responsibilities at central level -- 2.2. Roles and responsibilities at subnational level -- 2.3. Involvement of non-state actors -- 3. Moving ahead -- Annex 2.A1. Inter-ministerial bodies and agencies on water: Examples in OECD countries -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Economic instruments for water quantity management under the responsibility of MoLIT -- 1. State of play: economic instruments for water quantity management in Korea -- 1.1. Current expenditure and financial flows -- 1.3. Shortcomings as economic policy instruments -- 1.4. Governance shortcomings undermining the use of economic instruments -- Horizontal co-ordination at national level -- Vertical co-ordination -- Stakeholder engagement -- 2. Towards economic policy instruments for water use efficiency. 2.1. Making the best of financing potential of economic instruments under MoLIT's responsibility -- 2.2. The rationale for abstraction charges -- Introduction to abstraction charges -- Economic principles -- 2.3. Design and implementation issues -- 2.4. Empirical estimation of the externalities and opportunity cost(s) -- 2.5. A review of international experiences -- 3. Options for reform -- 3.1. Strengthen economic policy instruments -- 3.2. Strengthen existing instruments -- 3.3. Consider a water abstraction charge -- 3.4. Manage the transition towards abstraction charges -- 3.5. Adjust the institutional framework -- Annex 3.A1. Water abstraction charges in practice - France -- Annex 3.A2. Water abstraction charges in practice - The United Kingdom -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Smart Water Management in Korea -- 1. The Smart Water Management in Korea: State of play -- 2. Policies to support eco-innovation. Relevance for Smart Water Management in Korea -- The rationale for policies to support eco-innovation -- Selected features of policies to support eco-innovation -- 3. Policies to support smart water management in selected countries -- Canada: vigorous policy to promote green technologies -- Israel - supporting smart technologies -- Malta - an integrated water and electricity smart grid -- The Netherlands - pragmatism and politics -- Policy is vulnerable to public concern -- Smart metering installation is affected by stranded assets -- Singapore - smart management as a part of holistic water management -- Using the utility as a smart technology testing platform -- A smart grid to optimise water management -- The United Kingdom - a case of policy grid lock? -- Regulatory incoherence slows down planning for smart metering -- Southern Water - a water scarce policy exception -- Scottish Water - competition as a driver -- The United States. Supporting initiatives in California and Arizona -- Mandating smart municipal irrigation -- Data privacy and public health concerns as a constraint -- 4. Lessons learned -- 5. Current limitations of policy support for Smart Water Management in Korea -- 5.1. Dam management -- 5.2. Management of water demand and water services -- 5.3. Governance -- Sectoral integration -- Capacity gap at the local level -- Customer involvement -- 6. Options for reform -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Water allocation -- 1. Past heritages and current status of water entitlements -- Setting environmental flows - Definitions and methodological options -- The definition of e-flows - results from the OECD survey -- Options to set environmental flows -- 2. Limitations -- 3. Options for reform -- Annex 5.A1. Selected experience with reforms of water allocation regimes -- References.
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Water efficiency-Korea (South). Water-supply-Korea (South).