EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES FOR URBAN WATER SUPPLY

Undermining Demand Management with Supply Management: Moral Hazard in Israeli Water Policies

Most water managers use a mixture of both supply-side and demand-side policies, seeking to capitalize on the relative advantages of each. However, supply augmentation undertaken to avoid overdrafts can reduce the effectiveness of demand management policies if the two strategies are not carefully integrated. Such a result can stem from a type of moral hazard phenomenon by which consumers, aware ...

Bringing competition to urban water supply*

© 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00433.x Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK AJAR ustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 1364-985X 4 7 8489 © 2008 The Authors Journ compi ati © 2008 A stralian Agricultural and Re ource Economics Society i...

Development of Decision Support Tools for Urban Water Supply Management in Uganda

An incentive mechanism for improving urban water supply system

An essential challenge for many developing countries is improvement of water supply system to ensure urban water supply safety and reliability. Penalty, subsidy and water price increase are often considered as the main incentive measures for improving urban water supply system. However, the implementation of these policies is confronting some uncertainties because of the conflicts of involved a...

Convergence indicators of water crisis management policies: A review study

Background and Aim: Achieving macro goals in countries is always a function of correct policies, which is necessary to create alignment and convergence of responsible agencies through a comprehensive and convergent policy. The water crisis is one of the issues in which the lack of consistent policies can lead to inefficiency of programs and ultimately the loss of opportunities. A prerequisite f...