Economics of water resources : the contributions of Dan Yaron / collected by Ariel Dinar and David Zilberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaron, Dan.

Contributor:

Dinar, Ariel, 1947-

Zilberman, David, 1947-

Series:

Natural resource management and policy ; 24.

Natural resource management and policy ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Economic aspects.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Economic aspects.

Water-supply.

Water quality management--Economic aspects.

Water quality management.

Physical Description:

xxi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

The primary focus of the book is the interaction between quantity and quality in water resource management at various levels and sectors. The chapters cover field, farm, and regional-level water allocation issues, as well as international aspects of water sharing. The book demonstrates the use of economic approaches such as linear and non-linear programming, dynamic programming, optimal control, uncertainty, and cooperative and non-cooperative game theory. Good work doesn't perish. The contributions of Dan Yaron summarized in this book represent four decades of analytical and policy work that is as relevant today as it has ever been. Economics of Water Resources: The Contributions of Dan Yaron will interest all students and professionals involved in water resource allocation, water quality aspects, irrigated agriculture, pollution-abatement programs, and in the interaction between irrigated agriculture, environment, and the urban sector. The book is recommended text for graduate courses in economics of water resources.

Contents:

1. Dan Yaron: The Person, His Work and His Legacy / Ariel Dinar, David Zilberman 1

2. The Israel Water Economy: An Overview / Dan Yaron 9

3. Empirical Analysis of the Demand for Water by Israeli Agriculture / Dan Yaron 21

4. Wheat Response to Soil Moisture and the Optimal Irrigation Policy under Conditions of Unstable Rainfall / Dan Yaron, Gadi Strateener, Dani Shimshi, Mordechai Weisbrod 35

5. A Model for the Economic Evaluation of Water Quality in Irrigation / Dan Yaron, Eshel Bresler 51

6. Application of Dynamic Programming in Markov Chains to the Evaluation of Water Quality in Irrigation / Dan Yaron, Amikam Olian 63

7. A Model for Optimal Irrigation Scheduling with Saline Water / Dan Yaron, Eshel Bresler, Hanoch Bielorai, Biniamin Harpinist 73

8. Optimal Allocation of Farm Irrigation Water during Peak Seasons / Dan Yaron, Ariel Dinar 89

9. The Value of Information on the Response Function of Crops to Soil Salinity / Eli Feinerman, Dan Yaron 105

10. A Model for the Analysis of Seasonal Aspects of Water Quality Control / Dan Yaron 125

11. Treatment Optimization of Municipal Wastewater and Reuse for Regional Irrigation / Ariel Dinar, Dan Yaron 143

12. Evaluating Cooperative Game Theory in Water Resources / Ariel Dinar, Aaron Ratner, Dan Yaron 165

13. Adoption and Abandonment of Irrigation Technologies / Ariel Dinar, Dan Yaron 183

14. An Approach to the Problem of Water Allocation to Israel and the Palestinian Entity / Dan Yaron 201

15. Placing Dan Yaron's Work in the Literature / David Zilberman, Ariel Dinar 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0792376927

OCLC:

49834053