Water allocation, rights, and pricing : examples from Japan and the United States (English)

Effective water resources management requires a formal allocation of water through laws and policies and a water rights system to effect the allocation. Increasing demands on the fixed resources by competing economic activities, urban use and broader environmental and societal objectives place greater emphasis on both the allocation goals and the rights system. The U.S. western states allocated water to meet priority needs and beneficial economic...

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Teerink, John R.;

Masahiro Nakashima;
Document Date
1993/02/28
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
WTP198
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
United States, Japan,
Region
Other, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Water allocation, rights, and pricing : examples from Japan and the United States
Keywords
water right

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Teerink, John R.; Masahiro Nakashima.

Water allocation, rights, and pricing : examples from Japan and the United States (English). World Bank technical paper|no. WTP 198 Washington, DC : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/722471468752737287

Water allocation, rights, and pricing : examples from Japan and the United States (English)

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