Wittwer Economic Modeling of Water

The Australian CGE Experience
2012
ISBN: 978-94-007-2876-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 188 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Global Issues in Water Policy

The book details the innovative TERM (The Enormous Regional Model) approach to regional and national economic modeling, and explains the conversion from a comparative-static to a dynamic model. It moves on to an adaptation of TERM to water policy, including the additional theoretical and database requirements of the dynamic TERM-H2O model. In particular, it examines the contrasting economic impacts of water buyback policy and recurring droughts in the Murray-Darling Basin. South-east Queensland, where climate uncertainty has been borne out by record-breaking drought and the worst floods in living memory, provides a chapter-length case study. The exploration of the policy background and implications of TERM’s dynamic modeling will provide food for thought in policy making circles worldwide, where there is a pressing need for solutions to similarly intractable problems in water management.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wittwer, Glyn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

            1. Practical Policy Analysis Using TERM

PART I: The TERM Approach

            2. The TERM Model and its Data Base

            3. Introducing Dynamics to TERM

PART II: Water Modeling

            4. Water Resources Modeling: A Review

            5. The Theory of TERM-H2O

            6. Buybacks to Restore the Southern Murray-Darling Basin

            7. The Economic Consequences of a Prolonged Drought in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin

            8. Urban Water Supply: A Case Study of South-east Queensland

            9. Applying TERM-H2O to Other Countries

Index