AQUANOMICS: WATER MARKETS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Book ID/图书代码： 13149011B49400
English Summary/英文概要： Water is becoming increasingly scarce. If recent usage trends continue, shortages are inevitable. Aquanomics discusses some of the instruments and policies that may be implemented to postpone, or even avoid, the onset of “water crises.” These policies include establishing secure andtransferable private water rights and extending these rights to uses that traditionally have not been allowed, includingaltering in-stream flows and ecosystem functions. The editors argue that such policies will help maximize water quantity and quality as water becomes scarcer and more valuable. Aquanomics contains many examples of how this is being accomplished, particularly in the formation of water markets and market-like exchanges of water rights.
Many observers see calamity ahead unless water supplies are harnessed and effectively conserved, and unless water quality can be improved. It is also clear that declining water quality is a serious problem in much of the world, as increasing human activities induce high levels of water degradation. Those who voice these concerns, argue the contributors to this volume, fail to consider the forces for improvement inherent in market political-economic systems that can address water issues. The contributors see water quality in economically advanced countries as improving, and they believe this establishes the validity of market-based approaches.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 水正变得越来越稀缺。如果近年来的使用趋势持续,短缺是不可避免的。本书讨论一些有用的工具和策略,可以实现推迟,甚至避免,出现“水危机”。 这些政策包括建立安全、可转让的私人水权和扩展这些权利，来使用传统上不被允许的权力,包括改变河流和生态系统功能。作者们认为,当水变得越来越稀缺，越来越有价值时，这些政策将有助于水的数量和质量最大化。本书包含许多例子，说明这是如何被实现,特别是在水市场的形成和市场进行买卖交易所的水权方面。 许多观察家看到灾难,除非水供应被治理和有效的保存,除非水质量能够提高。同样清楚的是,水质下降是在世界的很多地方都是一个严重的问题,因为人类活动的增加诱发高质量水的下降。那些提出这种观点的人,说服贡献者赞同这一观点,没有考虑在市场固有的政治经济系统中改进的力量,可以解决水问题。贡献者看到水质在经济发达国家有所改善,他们相信这建立以市场为基础的解决方法的有效性。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： B. Delworth Gardneris 是独立学院的研究员,杨百翰大学经济学名誉教授,和美国加州大学戴维斯分校的农业经济学名誉教授。他的著作包括地区增长和水资源投资、华盛顿的耕地，美国农业的政治经济学、加州地区灌溉用水的定价和有效配置。
Randy T. Simmonsis the Charles G. Koch 是经济学教授和犹他州大学的政治经济研究所主任： Jon M。Huntsman 商学院，独立学院的研究员,和普罗维登斯、犹他州的市长。他的一些著作包括政治经济文化和规范:普遍问题的非正式解决方法和反思绿色经济:环境官僚主义的替代方案。
B. Delworth Gardneris research fellow at the Independent Institute, emeritus professor of economics at Brigham Young University, and emeritus professor of agricultural economics at University of California, Davis. His books include Regional Growth and Water Resource Investment, Plowing Ground in Washington: The Political Economy of U.S. Agriculture, and Pricing and Efficient Allocation of Irrigation Water in California.
Randy T. Simmonsis the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics and director of the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, research fellow at the Independent Institute, and mayor of Providence, Utah. Some of his books include The Political Economy of Culture and Norms: Informal Solutions to the Commons Problem and Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy.
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