Water Policy in Chile (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Donoso, Guillermo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Chile's water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, hydrological droughts, and future projected impacts of climate change

Describes, analyzes and evaluates the performance of water policies, laws and institutions and the reasoning behind policy reform

Presents the socio-economic setting, especially demographic growth and distribution and relative economic importance of sectors and regions in relation to demand and supply conditions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319767024
• Artikelnr.: 52933663

Autorenporträt

Guillermo is and Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and holds a Ph.D from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park. Full Professor of Agricultural Economics Department and Water Law and Management Center of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Has held the position of Dean of the Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from 1998 to 2007 and National Director Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de Chile.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Social Economic context and Water Demand.- 3. Hydrological Setting.- 4. Water quality: Trends and Challenges.- 5. Legal Framework of Water Resources.- 6. Institutional Framework.- 7. Water quality policy.- 8. Environmental Flows as a Tool for Water Resources Management in Chile.- 9. Water User Associations.- 10. Water Rights Markets.- 11. Irrigated Agriculture.- 12. Water and Mining.- 13. Hydroelectricity.- 14. Urban Water Management.- 15. Rural Water Management.- 16. Desalinization, Reuse, Water Basin Transfers.- 17. Integrated Water Management in Chile.- 18. Chilean Experience and International Implications.