Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Date of this Version
2016
Document Type
Article
Citation
A.J. Jakeman et al. (eds.), Integrated Groundwater Management
Abstract
Groundwater can be considered as a common-pool resource, is often overexploited and, as a result, there are growing management pressures. This chapter starts with a broad presentation of the range of economic instruments that can be used for groundwater management, considering current practices and innovative approaches inspired from the literature on Common Pool Resources management. It then goes on with a detailed presentation of groundwater allocation policies implemented in France, the High Plains aquifer in the USA, and Chile. The chapter concludes with a discussion of social and political difficulties associated with implementing economic instruments for groundwater management.
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DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23576-9_22