Water Price Theory and Practice

Author: Shen Dajun
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This book is suitable for researchers, educators, producers, and planning management personnel in the fields of water resources, water resources management, hydrology, geography, environment, economics, and natural resource management. It is a comprehensive and systematic monograph on the theory and practice of water pricing in China. The book is divided into 8 chapters. It systematically elaborates on the theory of resource value, resource pricing methods, and models, proposes three aspects of water resource value: scarcity, resource property rights, and labor value, establishes a macroeconomic-based water price model—the CGE model—and a full-cost water price formulation method. Taking Handan City as an example, it calculates the contribution of agricultural and industrial water supply to the national economy in Handan City. Additionally, it offers suggestions for China's water price reform.