Policy and Strategic Behaviour in Water Resource Management

Ariel Dinar is Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, and Director of the Water Science and Policy Center, University of California, Riverside, US. He was formerly Lead Economist and Co-ordinator of Climate Change Research in the Development Research Group at the World Bank in Washington DC, US. Jose Albiac is a Senior Researcher at the Agrifood Research and Technology Centre (CITA - Government of Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain.

• Foreword1. Policy and Strategy in Water Resource Management: Can We Do Better When Both Are Coordinated?Part I: Issues in Water Resource Policy2. Issues in Water Resources Policy in Jordan3. Water Scarcity, Quality and Environmental Protection Policies in Jordan4. Water Management in Urbanizing, Arid Regions: Innovative Voluntary Transactions as a Response to Competing Water Claims5. Groundwater Management Issues and Innovations in Arizona6. Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty7. The Policy Challenge of Matching Environmental Water to Ecological Need8. Water Management in Spain: An Example of Changing Paradigms9. Policy Issues Related to Climate Change in SpainPart II: Issues in Water Resource Strategy10. Water Confl icts: Issues in International Water, Water Allocation and Water Pricing with Focus on Jordan11. Good and Bad Forms of Participation in Water Management: Some Lessons from Brazil12. Issues of Balancing International, Environmental and Equity Needs in a Situation of Water ScarcityPart III: Interaction between Policy and Strategy13. Modelling Negotiated Decision Making under Uncertainty: An Application to the Piave River Basin, Italy14. Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California15. Strategic Behaviour in Transboundary Water and Environmental Management16. Climate Change and International Water: The Role of Strategic Alliances in Resource AllocationIndex

'Dinar and Albiac have produced a volume of enormous importance. The contributors represent a wealth of experience in the 'water game', and they share with us the conceptual and empirical insights pertinent to the crafting of coherent water policy in various settings and circumstances.' Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison 'Dinar and Albiac have brought together an excellent set of papers using a game theoretic approach to analyse how policies affect the strategies of water users and managers around the world. This book will be valuable reading for seminars in economics, political science, sociology, policy and environmental science.' Elinor Ostrom, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University