Economics Of Water Management In Agriculture Thomas Bournaris by Thomas Bournaris, Julio Berbel, Basil Manos, Davide Viaggi 9781482238402, 1482238403 instant download after payment.

This book includes a set of papers from distinguished scholars who critically examine economic issues relating to the relationship between water and agriculture, with a special focus on irrigation. Employing state of the art methodologies, they address the most relevant issues in water policy. The volume offers a wide spectrum of innovative approaches and original and relevant cases with a focus on irrigated European agriculture. The topics analyzed include qualitative and quantitative issues, water markets, demand analysis, economic analysis, implementation of economic issues.

 
Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Water Management, Distribution and Governance Issues; 1 .Understanding Equity and Equality in Sustainable Irrigation Water Management; 2. Water Management and Institutional Adaptation Strategies in the Irrigation Sector: Two Experiences in Emilia-Romagna; 3. The Closure of the Guadalquivir River Basin: A DPSIR Framework Approach; Section 2: Water Economics, Pricing and Markets; 4. Economics of Rainfed and Irrigated Potato Production in a Humid Environment 5. Irrigation Water Resource: Economic Evaluation and Scenario Analysis in a Rice-cultivated Area6. Economic Analysis of Reducing Diffuse Nutrient Discharge into Water Bodies; 7. Water Trading with Multiple Water Sources: A Case Study in the Reno Basin, Italy; 8. Incentive Pricing for Irrigation Water with Information Asymmetries; Section 3: Water Management and Effects from Water Framework Directive, Agriculture and Energy Policy; 9. A Spatial Econometric Approach to Assess the Impact of RDPs Agri-Environmental Measures on the Gross Nitrogen Balance: The Case Study of Emilia-Romagna 10. The Disproportionality Principle in the WFD: How to Actually Apply it?11. "Setting Up Young Farmers"-Impact of RDP Measures on Irrigated Agriculture in Greece; 12. Irrigation Dams For Renewable Energy Production: A Case Study in an Agricultural Area in Greece; Section 4: Water Demand; 13. Estimating an Average Dairy Farm's Demand for Water in New Zealand; 14. Price Volatility and Water Demand in Agriculture: A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Spain); Color Plate Section