Developing a water market readiness assessment framework

• Main Author: Wheeler, Sarah Ann (auth)
• Other Authors: Loch, Adam (auth), Crase, Lin (auth), Young, Mike (auth), Grafton, R. Quentin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
• Subjects: RNFD; RNU; KCN; RND; Water markets; water trade; water scarcity; demand-side management; economic instruments; water accounting
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Water markets are increasingly proposed as a demand-management strategy to deal with water scarcity. Water trading arrangements, on their own, are not about setting bio-physical limits to water-use. Nevertheless, water trading that mitigates scarcity constraints can assist regulators of water resour...