tailieunhanh - FRONTIERS IN WATER RESOURCE ECONOMICS

The editors of this book would Uke to thank the company CESPA Ingenieria Urbana and the Institute of the Environment of the University of Girona for their financial support of the congress (7*^ Conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium and 4^^ Seminar on Environmental and Resource Economics) that gave rise to a large number of papers collected in this book. We would also like to extend our thanks to Angels Xabadia who unified the layout of the different chapters in a timely and excellent manner. Finally our thanks go to the anonymous reviewers for their comments and. | FRONTIERS IN WATER RESOURCE ECONOMICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Editors Ariel Dinar Rural Development Department The World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 David Zilberman Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics Univ of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 EDITORIAL STATEMENT There is a growing awareness to the role that natural resources such as water land forests and environmental amenities play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources and society is challenged to manage them for improving social well being. Furthermore there may be dire consequences to natural resources mismanagement. Renewable resources such as water land and the environment are linked and decisions made with regard to one may affect the others. Policy and management of natural resources now require interdisciplinary approach including natural and social sciences to correctly address our society preferences. This series provides a collection of works containing most recent findings on economics management and policy of renewable biological resources such as water land crop protection sustainable agriculture technology and environmental health. It incorporates modem thinking and techniques of economics and management. Books in this series will incorporate knowledge and models of natural phenomena with economics and managerial decision frameworks to assess alternative options for managing natural resources and environment. The Series Editors Recently Published Books in the Series Haddadin Munther J. Diplomacy on the Jordan International Conflict and Negotiated Resolution Renzetti Steven The Economics of Water Demands Just Richard E. and Pope Rulon D. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in . Agriculture Dinar Ariel and Zilberman David Economics of Water Resources The Contributions of Dan Yaron ủnver .. Olcay Gupta Rajiv K. IAS and Kibaroglu Ayẹegiil Water Development and Poverty Reduction d Estree Tamra Pearson and Colby Bonnie .