The Economics of Water
Editorial: Springer Nature
Licencia: Creative Commons (by-nc-nd)
Autor(es): Meran, Georg; [et al.]
Water is not only the beginning of all things, as the old Greeks had already
realized, but without water, no life on earth is possible, and clean water is also a precondition for any form of sustainable development. There is enough available freshwater on earth (about 91,000 km3) to supply every individual on earth (about 7.5 billion in 2020) approx. 12,000l, more than enough to live decently. However, due to natural and man-made idiosyncracies, clean freshwater and sanitation (which we do not cover in-depth in this book) are scarce, and thus decisions need to be taken on the production, treatment, and distribution of water, given underlying technical and socioeconomic conditions. Water needs to be managed efficiently, both with respect
to the growing scarcity of resources, as a natural endowment that is indispensable for the survival of mankind, but also with respect to the variety of eco-services it delivers.
[2021]
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