Cost-Benefit Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects, with Case Studies: Groundwater Economics, Volume 2

By Charles A Job

Book Overview

The competition for groundwater sources as a water supply reinforces the need for a strong economic rationale in decision-making. Evaluating economic decisions in the context of total water management and life-cycle water use is essential to making critical development and remediation choices. This revised volume provides fundamental economic and policy concepts related to groundwater, discusses important factors in life-cycle cost-benefit evaluation and explains triple-bottom-line analysis for different groundwater projects. It includes new and updated case studies on groundwater issues with solutions for a range of situations based on economic data.

FEATURES OF THIS VOLUME

Provides an understanding for the fundamental economic approaches to groundwater policy and project evaluation

Incorporates life-cycle cost-benefit approaches in a triple-bottom-line framework

Includes new case studies on the economics of health protection, managed aquifer recharge, local versus regional supply and strategic life-cycle analysis

Addresses local and regional groundwater economic choices through a series of practical applications

Explores transboundary, international, climate change and macroeconomic factors influencing groundwater project and program decisions

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects, with Case Studies, Second Edition, the second volume of the two-volume set Groundwater Economics, is a must-have for any professional or student who needs to understand and evaluate water resources and manage their use from a variety of sustainable approaches.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367758008
• ISBN13: 9780367758004
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"