Irrigation water pricing : the gap between theory and practice /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Series: Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series ; 4.
• Subjects: Water-supply, Agricultural > Economic aspects.; Irrigation water > Prices.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Supply, Demand and Prices.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Water Resources.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Agricultural development.; Canals.; Decentralization.; Fees.; Groundwater.; Irrigation water.; Models.; Prices.; Sustainability.; Water conservation.; Water management.; Water policy.; Water resources.; Water rights.; Water use.; Wells.; Electronic books.
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This book contains 14 separately authored chapters on the pricing of irrigation water. The chapters are entitled: (1) Water pricing in irrigation: the lifetime of an idea; (2) Water pricing in irrigation: mapping the debate in the light of experience; (3) Why is agricultural water demand unresponsiv...

Table of Contents:

• Water Pricing in Irrigation : The Lifetime of an Idea / F. Molle and J. Berkoff
• Water Pricing in Irrigation : Mapping the Debate in the Light of Experience / F. Molle and J. Berkoff
• Why Is Agricultural Water Demand Unresponsive at Low Price Ranges? / C. de Fraiture and C.J. Perry
• 'Get the Prices Right' : A Model of Water Prices and Irrigation Efficiency in Maharashtra, India / I. Ray
• Thailand's 'Free Water' : Rationale for a Water Charge and Policy Shifts / F. Molle
• Water Rights and Water Fees in Rural Tanzania / B. van Koppen, C.S. Sokile, B.A. Lankford, N. Hatibu, H. Mahoo and P.Z. Yanda
• Who Will Pay for Water? The Vietnamese State's Dilemma of Decentralization of Water Management in the Red River Delta / J.-P. Fontenelle, F. Molle and H. Turral
• Water Pricing in Haryana, India / P.J.G.J. Hellegers, C.J. Perry and J. Berkoff
• The Energy-Irrigation Nexus in South Asia : Groundwate Conservation and Power Sector Viability / T. Shah, C. Scott, J. Berkoff, A. Kishore and A. Sharma
• Wells and Canals in Jordan : Can Pricing Policies Regulate Irrigation Water Use? / J.-P. Venot, F. Molle and Y. Hassan
• Water Pricing in Tadla, Morocco / P.J.G.J. Hellegers, C.J. Perry and T. Petitguyot
• Water Pricing Policies and Recent Reforms in China : The Conflict between Conservation and Other Policy Goals / B. Lohmar, Q. Huang, B. Lei and Z. Gao
• Water Pricing and Irrigation : A Review of the European Experience / J. Berbel, J. Calatrava and A. Garrido
• Policy-driven Determinants of Irrigation Development and Environmental Sustainability : A Case Study in Spain / C. Varela-Ortega.