This booklet goals to teach that economics more often than not and non-market valuation tools particularly, including participatory and engineering instruments, can facilitate the layout and implementation of the several eu regulations with regards to mitigation of water tension. the implications offered during this publication derive from AquaStress, an ecu funded built-in undertaking, offering interdisciplinary methodologies to aid mitigate water rigidity difficulties. The venture attracts on either educational and practitioner abilities to generate wisdom in technological, operational administration, coverage, socio-economic, and environmental domains.

The ebook is split in 3 components and because the AquaStress undertaking, is case examine pushed. half I starts with a evaluate of the updated use of non-market valuation fiscal tools within the layout and implementation of european water rules. half II of the ebook proceeds to debate and study participatory and engineering instruments that could facilitate the decision of effective water assets rules and the ensuing implementation of the european WFD, utilizing case stories of try out websites from Bulgaria, Italy, Morocco and Poland. half III of the e-book, brings us again to using fiscal instruments and specializes in coverage appraisal via social cost-benefit analyses and the choice/estimation of the socially effective fee for use in such analyses. The ebook concludes with particular coverage ideas for all case-studies thought of in past chapters.

This paintings will be of so much curiosity to water assets managers and coverage makers in addition to specialists engaged on the implementation of the WFD. it can even be precious to scholars and students of water source administration.