Evaluating Water Projects Cost-Benefit Analysis Versus Win-Win Appro
Should more water be diverted to or from electricity generation? This timely question is addressed in this short volume. Two different approaches are introduced and compared: The first is a cost-benefit analysis, examining the case of re-regulating a Swed
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Per-Olov Johansson Bengt Kriström
Evaluating Water Projects Cost-Benefit Analysis Versus Win-Win Approach
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Evaluating Water Projects Cost-Benefit Analysis Versus Win-Win Approach
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Bengt Kriström CERE SLU Umeå, Sweden
Per-Olov Johansson Department of Economics Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm, Sweden
ISSN 2191-5504 ISBN 978-3-642-36789-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-36790-8
ISSN 2191-5512 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-36790-8 (eBook)
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Preface
The main purpose of this Brief is to present research on a kind of water use conflict that probably will become more and more common and important as time goes by. In times of increasing demands for electricity as well as environmental services, the question arises how to best manage moving water. Should more water be diverted to or from electricity generation? That is the kind of timely question which this Brief addresses. Two different approaches are introduced and compared within two large empirical studies of river use. The first i
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