The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management (Paperback)

Foreword Esteban de las Heras Balbas  1. Introduction Cecilia Tortajada, Francisco Gonzalez-Gomez, Asit K. Biswas and Miguel A. Garcia-Rubio  2. Policy Brief: The urban water challenge Michael Rouse  3. Enhancing the performance of water prices and tariff structures in achieving socially desirable outcomes Dennis Wichelns  4. A global survey of urban water tariffs: are they sustainable, efficient and fair? David Zetland and Christopher Gasson  5. Glas Cymru: lessons from nine years as a not-for-profit public - private partnership David Lloyd Owen  6. A critical examination of models and projections of demand in water utility resource planning in England and Wales Gareth Walker  7. The dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services: a comparative study of two Spanish regions Germa Bel, Francisco Gonzalez-Gomez and Andres J. Picazo-Tadeo  8. Public choice of urban water service management: a multi-criteria approach Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde, Francisco Gonzalez-Gomez and Andres J. Picazo-Tadeo  9. Adopting versus adapting: adoption of water-saving technology versus water conservation habits in Spain Roberto Martinez-Espineira and Maria A. Garcia-Valinas  10. Assessing the impact of price and non-price policies on residential water demand: a case study in Wisconsin Arnaud Reynaud  11. Water demand management: review of literature and comparison in South-East Asia Eduardo Araral and Yahua Wang  12. Water service quality in Tanzania: access and management Maria A. Garcia-Valinas and Josepa Miquel-Florensa  13. State-of-the-art review: designing urban water tariffs to recover costs and promote wise use Sonia Ferdous Hoque and Dennis Wichelns