Coping with Water Deficiency: From Research to Policymaking With Examples from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and Developing Countries

249 Pages·2008·5.283 MB·English

by  Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris, Kyriaki Remoundou (auth.), Phoebe Koundouri (eds.)

Coping with Water Deficiency
ENVIRONMENT & POLICY
VOLUME 48
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume
Phoebe Koundouri
Editor
Coping with Water
Deficiency
From Research to Policymaking
With Examples from Southern Europe,
the Mediterranean and Developing Countries
Dr Phoebe Koundouri (BA, MPhil, MSc, PhD)
Assistant Professor in Economics
DIEES, Athens University of Economics and Business
76, Patission Street
Athens 104 34
Greece
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Page: http://www.phoebekoundouri.com
Cover Illustration: Characteristic of coastal arid in the south mediterannean region, photo by Phoebe
Koundouri
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6614-6 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-6615-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007938215
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As always, to Nikitas, and for the first time
to our little Chrisilou, who came to this
world when I was editing this book.
Also, to my parents; they know why.
Acknowledgements
My debt is to the European Commission DG Research for financially supporting
the ARID Cluster of projects and to the responsible scientific officer, Dr. Panagiotis
Balabanis, for trusting me with the coordination of the 80 researchers and the three
interdisciplinary European Research projects (Aquadapt, MEDIS, WaterStrategy
Man) that participated in this cluster.
I am also grateful to all the contributing authors of this book, for sharing their
research results and worldwide experiences in the field of water economics and
management. Moreover, I owe a special intellectual debt to all my colleagues from
the Athens University of Economics and Business, and also to my co-authors from
the University of Cambridge, University of Toulouse, University College London,
University of Reading, University of California, San Diego, OECD and the World
Bank. I thank them for providing me with a stimulating and challenging academic
environment.
I also wish to thank my publisher, Springer, whose staff were enthusiastic and
helpful about this book since proposal stage. I owe a special thanks to Tamara
Welschot and Judith Terpos.
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Contents
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ vii
Contributors ................................................................................................... xi
Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 1
Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris,
and Kyriaki Remoundou
Part I Results from the ARID Cluster and other European
Research Projects
Chapter 2 Water Management on Mediterranean Islands: Pressure,
Recommended Policy and Management Options .................. 11
Antonia A. Donta, Manfred A. Lange
and the MEDIS consortium
Chapter 3 The Range of Existing Circumstances
in the WaterStrategyMan Case Studies .................................. 45
Bernard Barraqué, Christos Karavitis,
and Pipina Katsiardi
Chapter 4 Landscape Sensitivity, Resilience
and Sustainable Watershed Management .............................. 113
James McGlade, Brian S. McIntosh,
and Paul Jeffrey
Chapter 5 Using Economic Valuation Techniques to Inform
Water Resources Management in the Southern
European, Mediterranean and Developing
Countries: A Survey and Critical Appraisal
of Available Techniques ............................................................ 135
Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri,
and Yiannis Kountouris
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Chapter 6 The Case for Declining Long-Term Discount Rates
in the Evaluation of Flood-Defence Investments ................... 157
Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 7 Models and Decisions Support Systems
for Participatory Decision Making
in Integrated Water Resource Management .......................... 165
Carlo Giupponi and Alessandra Sgobbi
Part II: Results From the Developing World
Chapter 8 Evaluating the Institution-Impact Interactions
in the Context of Millennium Development Goals:
Analytical Framework with Empirical Results ..................... 189
R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar, and Susanne Neubert
Chapter 9 Resource Pricing and Poverty Alleviation:
The Case of Block Tariffs for Water in Beijing ..................... 213
Ben Groom, Xiaoying Liu, Tim Swanson, and Shiqiu Zhang
Index ............................................................................................................... 239
Contributors
Bernard Barraqué
Chair of the French UNESCO/IHP Hydrological Committee LATTS-ENPC,
Cité Descartes, France. E-mail: [email protected]
Ekin Birol
Research Fellow, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge,
Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PH, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Ariel Dinar
Principal Economist, World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
E-mail: [email protected]
Antonia Donta
Senior Researcher, Centre for Environmental Research,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Röntgenstraße 17, D-48149,
Münster, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]
Carlo Giupponi
Professor, Università Statale di Milano, Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale,
Via Celoria, 2 I-20133 Milano Italia; and Principal Researcher, Fondazione
Eni Enrico Mattei, Campo S. Maria Formosa, Castello 5252, 30122 Venice, Italy.
E-mail: [email protected]
Ben Groom
Lecturer, SOAS, University of London, London, UK.
E-mail: [email protected]
Paul Jeffrey
Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Water Science,
Cranfi eld University. UK. E-mail: p.j.jeffrey@cranfi eld.ac.uk
Christos Karavitis
Lecturer, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
E-mail: [email protected]
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