Water Economics in the Anthropocene

by Velma I. Grover and Atif A. Kubursi

Water is often treated as a consumer good or a producer good; rarely is it seen as a scarce asset or natural capital. Significant differences emerge when water is treated as a reproducible commodity versus a nonrenewable asset, and this book will integrate both. Physical scarcity is compounded by economic scarcity when water is under- or mispriced; the authors construct real and shadow prices to reflect physical scarcity and environmental opportunity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498768776
• ISBN13: 9781498768771
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"