Use of Economic Instruments in Water Policy : Insights from International Experience - Lago, Manuel; Mysiak, Jaroslav; Gómez, Carlos M.; Delacámara, Gonzalo; Maziotis, Alexandros; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
1. Defining and assessing Economic Policy Instruments for sustainable water management -- 2. Water pricing and taxes: an introduction -- 3. Effluent Tax in Germany -- 4. The Water Load Fee of Hungary -- 5. Water Abstraction Charges and Compensation Payments in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) -- 6. The Danish Pesticide Tax -- 7. Subsidies for drinking water conservation in Cyprus -- 8. Residential Water Pricing in Italy -- 9. Water tariffs in agriculture - Emilia Romagna case study -- 10. Corporatization and Price Setting in the Urban Water Sector under Statewide Central Administration: The Israeli Experience -- 11. Water Budget Rate Structure:  Experiences from Several Urban Utilities in Southern California -- 12. Green energy certificates and compliance market -- 13. Subsidies for ecologically friendly hydropower plants through favourable electricity remuneration in Germany -- 14. Water trading: an introduction -- 15. Water Quality Trading in Ohio -- 16. Nitrogen Reduction in North Carolina -- 17. Evaluation of Salinity Offset Programs in Australia -- 18. Water Trading in the Tagus River Basin (Spain) -- 19. Chilean Water Rights Markets as a Water Allocation Mechanism -- 20. Unbundling water rights as a means to improve water markets in Australia's Southern Connected Murray Darling Basin -- 21. The Development of An Efficient Water Market in Northern Colorado, USA -- 22. Other types of incentives in water policy: an introduction -- 23. Cooperative agreements between water supply companies and farmers in Dorset (E) -- 24. Financial compensation for environmental services - the case of the Evian Natural Mineral Water (France) -- 25. New York City's Watershed Agricultural Program -- 26. Voluntary Agreement for River Regime Restoration Services in the Ebro River Basin (Spain) -- 27. Voluntary Agreements to Promote the Use of Reclaimed Water at Tordera River Basin -- 28. Key Conclusions and Methodological lessons from application of EPIs in addressing water policy challenges.
Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; Environmental management; Environmental economics; Water; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Environmental Economics; Water, general; Environment, general