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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828317503321

Titolo

Economics of water management in agriculture / / editors, Thomas Bournaris, Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Julio Berbel, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, Cordoba, Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-06773-9

1-4822-3840-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/3

Soggetti

Irrigation - Economic aspects

Irrigation - Management

Water-supply, Agricultural - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Science Publishers book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Water management, distribution and governance issues -- section 2. Water economics, pricing and markets -- section 3. Water management and effects from water framework directive, agriculture and energy policy -- section 4. Water demand.

Sommario/riassunto

This book includes a set of papers from distinguished scholars who critically examine economic issues relating to the relationship between water and agriculture, with a special focus on irrigation. Employing state of the art methodologies, they address the most relevant issues in water policy. The volume offers a wide spectrum of innovative approaches and original and relevant cases with a focus on irrigated European agriculture. The topics analyzed include qualitative and quantitative issues, water markets, demand analysis, economic analysis, implementation of economic issues.