Determining the Economic Value of Water

Robert A. Young is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University, USA.

Part 1: Economic Value of Water: Theory and Concepts. 1. Water, Economics, and the Nature of Water Policy Issues. 2. Conceptual Framework and Special Problems in Valuing Water. 3. Methods for Valuing Producers' Uses of Water. 4. Applied Methods of Valuation of Water as Environmental Public Goods. Part 2: Applications of Valuation Methods. 5. Valuation of Water Used in Irrigated Crop Production. 6. Valuing Water Used by Industry. 7. Valuing Water in Municipal Uses. 8. Valuation of Selected Water-Related Public Goods. 9. Conclusions. References. Glossary. Index.