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AUTHOR'S PREFACE -vii- PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1. INTRODUCTION: WATER, ECONOMICS, AND THE NATURE OF WATER POLICY ISSUES 2 1.1 BACKGROUND 2 1.2 SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER: WHY IS NONMARKET VALUATION NEEDED? 5 1.3 THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC VALUATION IN SOME REPRESENTATIVE WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES 16 1.4 THE NATURE OF ECONOMICS AND THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES 25 2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN VALUING WATER 36 2.1 ECONOMIC VALUE VERSUS OTHER CONCEPTS OF VALUE 36 2.2 ECONOMIC CRITERIA FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND VALUATION 39 2.3 ECONOMIC VALUATION IN THE ABSENCE OF MARKET PRICES 48 2.5 LOOKING AHEAD: AN OVERVIEW AND TAXONOMY OF WATER VALUATION METHODS 70 3. METHODS FOR VALUING PRODUCERS' USES OF WATER 78 3.1 SOME PRELIMINARIES 78 3.2 BASIC WELFARE CONCEPTS FOR VALUING WATER IN PRODUCERS' GOOD USES 85 3.3 APPLIED VALUATION OF PRODUCERS' WATER USES WITH DEDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES 92 3.4 THE BASIC RESIDUAL METHOD 1: VIA THE "PRODUCT EXHAUSTION THEOREM" 92 3.5 THE BASIC RESIDUAL METHOD 2: VIA THE THEORY OF ECONOMIC RENTS 99 3.6 BASIC PRACTICAL ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTING A RESIDUAL ANALYSIS 112 3.7 THE SPECIAL PROBLEM OF OWNED INPUTS IN RESIDUAL IMPUTATIONS 120 3.8 EXTENSIONS: THE CHANGE IN NET RENTS METHOD AND MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS 138 3.9 MISCONCEIVED WATER VALUATION METHODS WITH VERSIONS OF THE RESIDUAL METHOD 145 3.10 CONCLUDING EVALUATION OF THE RESIDUAL METHOD 164 3.11 THE ALTERNATIVE COST METHOD AND OTHER LESS-USED DEDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES 169 3.12 VALUING PRODUCERS' WATER USING INDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES 176 3.13 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON VALUATION IN PRODUCERS' USES 193 4. APPLIED METHODS FOR VALUATION OF WATER ASENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC GOODS 196 4.1 REVEALED PREFERENCE METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION 198 4.3 THE HEDONIC PROPERTY VALUE METHOD ONCE AGAIN 218 4.4 DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR AND DAMAGE COST METHODS 226 4.5 EXPRESSED PREFERENCE METHODS 230 4.6 THE CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD 231 4.7 CHOICE MODELING 258 4.8 CONCLUDING COMMENTS ON EXPRESSED PREFERENCE METHODS 266 4.9 BENEFIT TRANSFER 267 4.10 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS REGARDING VALUATION OF WATER- RELATED PUBLIC GOODS 275 PART III: APPLICATIONS OF VALUATION METHODS 278 5. VALUATION OF WATER USED IN IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 279 5.1 INTRODUCTION 279 5.2 RECAPITULATION OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR VALUING IRRIGATION WATER 292 5.3 THE WATER-CROP PRODUCTION FUNCTION 294 5.4 INDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR VALUING IRRIGATION WATER 304 5.5 OTHER INDUCTIVE METHODS USING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA FOR VALUING IRRIGATION WATER 340 5.6 DEDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR VALUING IRRIGATION WATER: THE RESIDUAL METHOD AND VARIATIONS. 348 5.7 THE "ALTERNATIVE COST" METHOD APPLIED TO VALUING IRRIGATION WATER 384 5.9 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON VALUATION OF IRRIGATION WATER 397 6. VALUING WATER USED BY INDUSTRIES 401 6.1 INTRODUCTION 401 6.2 INDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR VALUING WATER IN OFFSTREAM INDUSTRIAL USES 407 6.3 DEDUCTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR VALUING WATER IN OFFSTREAM INDUSTRIAL USES 417 6.4 VALUING WATER IN INSTREAM INDUSTRIAL USES: HYDROPOWER 424 6.5 VALUING WATER IN INSTREAM INDUSTRIAL USES: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION 437 6.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON VALUATION OF INDUSTRIAL WATER 443 7. VALUING WATER IN MUNICIPAL USES 445 7.1 DEMAND AND VALUE OF WATER IN RESIDENTIAL USES: OVERVIEW 446 7.2 ECONOMETRIC METHODS FOR MEASURING AT-SITE RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMANDS 450 7.3 OTHER METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AT-SITE RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMANDS 462 7.4 FINDING AN AT-SOURCE VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL WATER FROM AN AT-SITE DEMAND FUNCTION 466 7.6 VALUING RESIDENTIAL WATER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 479 7.7 VALUING WATER IN COMMERCIAL USES 489 7.8 CONCLUDING REMARKS 491 8. VALUATION OF SELECTED WATER-RELATED PUBLIC GOODS 493 8.1 VALUING INSTREAM FLOWS AND RESERVOIR LEVELS FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION AND AMENITY USES 494 8.2 VALUATION OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS 506 8.3 MEASURING BENEFITS OF FLOOD RISK REDUCTION 531 GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN WATER VALUATION 554 REFERENCES 576 APPROXIMATE CONVERSION FACTORS: WATER VOLUMES AND FLOWS........636
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects.
Water resources development -- Economic aspects.