TY - JOUR
T1 - Pricing irrigation water
T2 - A review of theory and practice
AU - Johansson, Robert C.
AU - Tsur, Yacov
AU - Roe, Terry L.
AU - Doukkali, Rachid
AU - Dinar, Ariel
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Increasing economic pressures on water resources are causing countries to (re)consider various mechanisms to improve water use efficiency. This is especially true for irrigation agriculture, a major consumer of water. "Getting prices right" is seen as one way to allocate water, but how to accomplish this remains a debatable issue, Methods of allocating water are sensitive to physical, social, institutional and political settings, making it necessary to design allocation mechanisms accordingly. This paper surveys current and past views on allocating irrigation water with a focus on efficiency, equity, water institutions, and the political economy of water allocation.
AB - Increasing economic pressures on water resources are causing countries to (re)consider various mechanisms to improve water use efficiency. This is especially true for irrigation agriculture, a major consumer of water. "Getting prices right" is seen as one way to allocate water, but how to accomplish this remains a debatable issue, Methods of allocating water are sensitive to physical, social, institutional and political settings, making it necessary to design allocation mechanisms accordingly. This paper surveys current and past views on allocating irrigation water with a focus on efficiency, equity, water institutions, and the political economy of water allocation.
KW - Irrigation water
KW - Water allocations
KW - Water pricing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036335255&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1366-7017(02)00026-0
DO - 10.1016/S1366-7017(02)00026-0
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AN - SCOPUS:0036335255
SN - 1366-7017
VL - 4
SP - 173
EP - 199
JO - Water Policy
JF - Water Policy
IS - 2
ER -
