The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy : Providing Research Support for the Implementation of EU Water Policy Under Aquastress (Hardcover)

1. Introduction. Phoebe Koundouri and Kyriaki Remoundou PART I: CAN CHOICE EXPERIMENT HELP IN THE POLICY DESIGN PROCESS? SELECTED CASE STUDIES ON AQUASTRESS MITIGATION. 2. Choice experiments informingwater resources policy making: a review. Kyriaki Remoundou and Phoebe Koundouri 3. Local public’s valuation of flood risk reduction, biodiversity conservation and recreational activities: the Polish case study Ekin Birol, Nick Handley, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris 4. Understanding farmers’ preferences for water policy design: the Portuguese case study. Akiko Katayama, Xiaoying Liu, Hanadi Musharrafiyeh, Mare Sarr, Timothy Swanson 5. Estimating farmers’ valuation of aquifer recharge with treated wastewater: the Cypriot case study Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris 6. An Analysis of Water Users’ preferences for a Community Based Management Regime to manage Groundwater Use: the Tunisian case study. Xiaoying Liu, Hanadi Musharrafiyeh, Richard Noden, Mare Sarr and Timothy Swanson PART II: CAN PARTICIPATORY AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS HELP IN THE POLICY DESIGN PROCESS? SELECTED CASE STUDIES ON AQUASTRESS MITIGATION. 7. The use of multi-agent based models to support water resources management: the Moroccan case study. Ole Benjamin Schroeder, Maria Manez and Paul Jeffrey 8. Industrial water management as a water stress mitigation option: the Bulgarian and Polish case studies. T. Wintgens, G. Dimova, I. Ribarova, E. Druzynska, M. Caruk, L.-S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, K. Tarnacki, T. Melin and D. Savic 9. Enhanced reservoir operation as an instrument for supporting water stress mitigation: the Italian case study. Melanie Bauer, Paolo Botti, Stefania Zaccolo, Oliver Olsson PART III: CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF WATER STRESS MITIGATION OPTIONS. 10. Defining the discount rate trajectory for the evaluation of water stress mitigation policies and projects. Yiannis Kountouris and Phoebe Koundouri