Cost-Benefit Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects with Case Studies

<p>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.</p><p>FEATURES OF THIS VOLUME</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Provides an understanding for the fundamental economic approaches to groundwater policy and project evaluation</li> <p> </p> <li>Incorporates life-cycle cost-benefit approaches in a triple-bottom-line framework</li> <p> </p> <li>Includes new case studies on the economics of health protection managed aquifer recharge local versus regional supply and strategic life-cycle analysis</li> <p> </p> <li>Addresses local and regional groundwater economic choices through a series of practical applications</li> <p> </p> <li>Explores transboundary international climate change and macroeconomic factors influencing groundwater project and program decisions</li> </ul><p>Cost-Benefit Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects with Case Studies Second Edition the second volume of the two-volume set <b>Groundwater Economics</b> 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.</p>