Water Policy, Tourism, and Recreation

Lin Crase is Professor of Applied Economics with the Regional School of Business at La Trobe University, Australia. His edited books include 'Reforming Institutions in Water Resource Management' and 'Water Policy in Australia'Sue O'Keefe is Associate Head of the Regional School of Business at La Trobe University. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of New England and her fields of competence are in water policy, decision making and incentives and consumer preferences

• Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations Part 1: Context, Values and Trade-Offs 1. The Policy Landscape and Challenges for Tourism and Recreation in Australia 2. The Environmental Status of Australia's Rivers: A Production Systems Perspective 3. Challenges of Estimating the Value of Tourism and Recreation in the Murray-Darling Basin 4. Access to Inland Waters for Tourism: Ecosystem Services and Trade-Offs Part 2: Property Rights and Institutional Arrangements 5. Why Rights Matter 6. Institutional Considerations for Collaborative Behavior in Tourism and Recreation 7. Collaborating and Coordinating Disparate Interests: Lessons from Water Trusts Part 3: Practical Challenges and Policy Formulation 8. The Swan River: Look, but do not Touch 9. Recreational Access to Urban Water Supplies 10. Cases in Policy Suasion and Influence: The Boating Industry 11. Science, Policy and Knowledge: Is there a Better Way for the Tourism and Recreation Sector? Part 4: Tourists and Urban Water and Lessons for the Future 12. The Use of Potable Water by Tourists: Accounting for Behavioral Differences 13. Water Pricing, Water Restrictions and Tourism Water Demand 14. Lessons for the Tourism and Recreation Sector. Index

'The subject matter of the book is of great relevance to the evolution of water policy and practice in Australia today. Because Australian water policy has also become a global standard, the book is of high relevance to other rich countries (who face similar issues today) and poor countries (who will face them in the future).' John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, Harvard University