Water Accounting : International Approaches to Policy and Decision-making

Cover
Copyright
Contributors
Acronyms and abbreviations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I Water accounting systems
1. Beyond the hydrographers’ legacy: water accounting in Australia
2. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: development, implementation and use
3. Water Footprint Accounting
4. Water accounting to assess use and productivity of water: evolution of a concept and new frontiers
PART II Application and evaluation of water accounting systems
5. Water accounting in mining and minerals processing
6. Potential for the application of General Purpose Water Accounting in South Africa
7. Potential role of standardized water accounting in Spanish basins
8. Development and application of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water in China
9. Two perspectives of water resource accounting: comparing the Australian and the United Nations approaches
PART III Contemporary issues addressed by water accounting
10. The impossible planetary trust: intergenerational equity, long-term investment and water governance and regulation
11. Water accounting, corporate sustainability and the public interest
12. Water accounting and conflict mitigation
13. The role of a water accounting system in the avoidance and resolution of international water disputes
14. Water accounting issues in California
15. Accounting for water rights in the western United States
Conclusion
Index