Buch
Economy-Wide Modeling of Water at Regional and Global Scales
Glyn Wittwer (Hrsg.)
160,49
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Übersicht
Verlag | : | Springer Singapore |
Buchreihe | : | Advances in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 10. 04. 2019 |
Seiten | : | 213 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 235 mm |
Breite | : | 155 mm |
ISBN | : | 9789811361005 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Stichworte aus dem enthaltenen Werk
Stichworte im VLB | : | Water Modeling, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Trading, Water Allocation, Climate Change, Water Security, CGE Model, Computable General Equilibrium, Agricultural Economics, Drought, Flood, Groundwater, Aquifer Depletion, Desalination, Water Scarcity, Applied General Equilibrium, AGE Model, Economic Model, water quality and water pollution |
Produktinformation
This book deals with the economic modelling of water at the global, national and sub-national levels. It presents a multi-faceted analysis and, while it outlines the theories behind various models, its main purpose is to analyse policy issues and present insights arising from modelling, including a chapter analysing the macroeconomic implications of climate change.  Arguably the most compelling reason for publishing a book on the economic modelling of water arises from the fact that agriculture accounts for approximately 70% of water used for economic purposes, while only contributing 4% of global income. Given that water is an essential commodity, this discrepancy may in part be symptomatic of an undervaluation of water due to immature and incomplete markets. In turn, this undervaluation has led to an ongoing misallocation of water. When economic models include water accounts that feed into production functions, they model impacts on the marginal product of water. Policies that improve the link between the marginal product and price of water will improve water allocation, while advanced economic models such as those presented here can enhance our ability to explore the possible impacts of improved policy.