TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Jeff
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - The evolution of markets for water: theory and practice in Australia 
T2  - New horizons in environmental economics
SN  - 9781845426682 (e-book)
AV  - HD1700.A1 E96 2005
U1  - 363.6/1/0994 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Australia
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Management
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Water rights
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Papers presented at a workshop held in Melbourne in August 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Markets and government--an evolving balance -- 2. Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets -- 3. The historical variation in water rights -- 4. State administration versus private innovation : the evolution of property rights to water in Victoria, Australia -- 5. A property framework for water markets : the role of law -- 6. Registration of water titles : key issues in developing systems to underpin market development -- 7. Accounting for water flows : are entitlements to water complete and defensible and does this matter? -- 8. Potential efficiency gains from water trading in Queensland -- 9. Water trading instruments in Australia : some thoughts on future development of Australian water markets -- 10. Realising environmental demands in water markets
N2  - This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on theory and practice in Australia. Policymakers are striving to strike a balance between the pros and cons of a property rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government regulation. The current movement in Australia is toward the use of markets, and numerous reforms are either underway or under consideration in that direction. This provides an ideal opportunity to observe the factors at play in determining the balance and hence the mix of policy instruments at work. The distinguished contributors offer a range of perspectives--economic, legal, environmental--and combine conceptual analysis with evidence from real policy decisions
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781845424008.xml
ER  -