The cooperation challenge of economics and the protection of water supplies : a case study of the New York City watershed collaboration / Joan Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Joan, 1942- author.

Series:

Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 23.

Routledge explorations in environmental economics The cooperation challenge of economics and the protection of water supplies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watershed management--New York (State)--New York.

Watershed management.

Water quality management--New York (State)--New York.

Water quality management.

Institutional cooperation--New York (State)--New York.

Institutional cooperation.

Sustainable development--New York (State)--New York.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can we build the institutions that will promote the cooperation needed to meet our intertwined environmental and economic needs? Efforts to meet these twin goals in New York City's watershed collaborations offer some guidance. The experience provides lessons in addressing scattered sources of pollution, encouraging environmentally compatible economic development, and coping with conflicts that are part of the collaboration process. It also yields insights into what we need to work effectively towards sustainable economic development. This book identifies many barriers to achievin

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface: The Tan t'ien of collaboration; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction: The problem and the questions; 1 New York City's case, needed cooperation, and collaboration needs; 2 The vision; 3 Watershed collaborations: Green milieus for sustainable development?; 4 Rural economies and the drama of farming and forestry; 5 Implementation: The collaboration as a learning machine; 6 Conflict; 7 Evaluation; 8 Lessons learned: The art of paying for nature's services

Appendix A List of reservoirs (construction years) (capacity in billions of gallons)Appendix B Timeline for the watershed; Appendix C Watershed Protection and Partnership Council members August 2008; Appendix D National farm programs; Appendix E State farm programs; Appendix F National forestry programs; Appendix G State Forestry programs; Appendix H Census block groups used for the study of watershed residents; Appendix I Zip codes used for watershed and WTOW in employer study; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-16696-X

1-135-16697-8

1-282-57185-0

9786612571855

0-203-85977-4

9780203859773

OCLC:

609859022