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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778673303321

Titolo

Valuing ground water [[electronic resource] ] : economic concepts and approaches / / Committee on Valuing Ground Water, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17500-3

0-309-52362-1

0-585-00188-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/04

Soggetti

Groundwater - Valuation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 Ground Water Resources: Hydrology, Ecology, and Economics""; ""3 A Framework for the Valuation of Ground Water""; ""4 Economic Valuation of Ground Water""; ""5 Legal Considerations, Valuation, and Ground Water Policy""; ""6 Case Studies""; ""APPENDIX A 5 Glossary""; ""APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Index""