Coping with Water Deficiency: From Research to Policymaking (Environment & Policy)

Research results discussed in this book demonstrate that effective water management tools and decision-making practices are needed to support interventions to increase availability and manage demand for scarce water supplies. Furthermore, the book bridges the gap between ideas and actions endorsed in the research-oriented environmental debate and their translation into policymaking structures and programs in developed and developing countries. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri is a Senior Lecturer at DIEES (Department of International and European Economic Studies) Athens University of Economics and Business, since 2005. She holds a BA from the University of Leicester (1994) and an MPhil (1995), MSc (1996) and PhD (2000) in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). During 1997-2005, she has held academic positions at the Economics Departments of the University of Cambridge, London Business School, University College London, and University of Reading. She has published eight books and more than eighty articles in edited volumes and academic journals (including leading journals such as: The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Economic Policy, Water Resources Research, etc.) mainly in the field of environmental, resource and agricultural economics, as well as in the field of applied econometrics. She is currently an associate editor of the academic journals Environment and Development Economics and economics, while she has acted as a referee for many academic journals, book publishers and research funding foundations. She has coordinated a number of research projects and has been a consultant to the European Commission, the World Bank, OECD, UN, as well as many other international and national organizations and governments of developed and developing countries. She has given public and academic lecturers all over the world and organized a number of international conferences (mainly in field of water resources economics and management). 1. Introduction. Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris and Kyriaki Remoundou PART I: ARID CLUSTER RESULTS 2. Water Management on Mediterranean Islands: Pressure, Recommended Policy and Management Options. Antonia A. Donta, Manfred, A. Lange and the MEDIS consortium 3. The Range of Existing Circumstances in the WaterStrategyMan Case Studies. Bernard Barraqu, Christos Karavitis, Pipina Katsiardi 4. Landscape Sensitivity, Resilience and Sustainable Watershed Management. James McGlade, Brian S. McIntosh, Paul Jeffrey 5. Using Economic Valuation Techniques to Inform Water Resources Management in the Southern European and Mediterranean and Developing Countries: A survey and critical appraisal of available techniques and applications. Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris 6. The Case for Declining Long-Term Discount Rates in the Evaluation of Flood-Defense Investments. Phoebe Koundouri 7. Models and Decisions Support Systems for Participatory Decisions Making in Integrated Water Resource Management. Carlo Giupponi and Alessandra Sgobbi PART II: RESULTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD 8. Evaluating the Institutional-Impact Interactions in the Context of Millennium Development Goals: Analytical Framework with Empirical Results. R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar, and Susanne Neubert 9. Resource Pricing and Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Block Tariffs for Water in Beijing. Ben Groom, Xiaoying Liu and Tim Swanson