This book presents research on a kind of water use conflicts that is becoming more and more common and important: How to best manage moving water in times of increasing demand for electricity as well as environmental services. How should decisions be made between water use for electricity generation or for environmental and recreational benefits? The authors develop a simple general equilibrium model of a small open economy which is used to derive a cost-benefit rule that can be used to assess projects that divert water from electricity generation to recreational and other uses (or vice versa). The cost-benefit rule is then applied to the specific case of a proposed change at a Swedish hydropower plant. The book provides a manual for the evaluation of river regulations which can easily be replicated in other studies.
| ISBN: | 9783642432057 |
| Publication date: | 13th April 2014 |
| Author: | PerOlov Johansson, Bengt Kriström |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 138 pages |
| Genres: |
Environmental economics Civil service and public sector Hydrology and the hydrosphere Pollution and threats to the environment Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology The environment |
This book presents research on a kind of water use conflicts that is becoming more and more common and important: How to best manage moving water in times of increasing demand for electricity as well as environmental services. How should decisions be made between water use for electricity generation or for environmental and recreational benefits? The authors develop a simple general equilibrium model of a small open economy which is used to derive a cost-benefit rule that can be used to assess projects that divert water from electricity generation to recreational and other uses (or vice versa). The cost-benefit rule is then applied to the specific case of a proposed change at a Swedish hydropower plant. The book provides a manual for the evaluation of river regulations which can easily be replicated in other studies.
The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects features in the following genres: Environmental economics, Civil service and public sector, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Pollution and threats to the environment, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, The environment
The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects was written by PerOlov Johansson, Bengt Kriström and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
The Economics of Evaluating Water Projects has 138 pages