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With Examples from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and Developing Countries

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Research results discussed in this book demonstrate that effective water management tools and decision-making practices are needed to support interventions to increase availability and manage demand for scarce water supplies. Furthermore, the book bridges the gap between ideas and actions endorsed in the research-oriented environmental debate and their translation into policymaking structures and programs in developed and developing countries.

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1. Introduction.
Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris and Kyriaki Remoundou PART I: ARID CLUSTER RESULTS 2. Water Management on Mediterranean Islands: Pressure, Recommended Policy and Management Options.
Antonia A. Donta, Manfred, A. Lange and the MEDIS consortium 3. The Range of Existing Circumstances in the WaterStrategyMan Case Studies.
Bernard Barraqué, Christos Karavitis, Pipina Katsiardi 4. Landscape Sensitivity, Resilience and Sustainable Watershed Management.
James McGlade, Brian S. McIntosh, Paul Jeffrey 5. Using Economic Valuation Techniques to Inform Water Resources Management in the Southern European and Mediterranean and Developing Countries: A survey and critical appraisal of available techniques and applications.
Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris 6. The Case for Declining Long-Term Discount Rates in the Evaluation of Flood-Defense Investments.
Phoebe Koundouri 7. Models and Decisions Support Systems for Participatory Decisions Making in Integrated Water Resource Management.
Carlo Giupponi and Alessandra Sgobbi PART II: RESULTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD 8. Evaluating the Institutional-Impact Interactions in the Context of Millennium Development Goals: Analytical Framework with Empirical Results.
R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar, and Susanne Neubert 9. Resource Pricing and Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Block Tariffs for Water in Beijing.
Ben Groom, Xiaoying Liu and Tim Swanson

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