What Water Is Worth: Overlooked Non-Economic Value in Water Resources

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Conventional Values of Water

   • Kira Artemis Russo, Zachary A. Smith

   Pages 1-21

3. Economic Grounds for Current Practices of Water Management

   • Kira Artemis Russo, Zachary A. Smith

   Pages 22-38

4. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

   • Kira Artemis Russo, Zachary A. Smith

   Pages 39-51

5. Non-Conventional Community Values of Water

   • Kira Artemis Russo, Zachary A. Smith

   Pages 52-67

6. Cooperative Communities: The Future of Water Management

   • Kira Artemis Russo, Zachary A. Smith

   Pages 68-80

7. Back Matter

   Pages 81-100

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What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional microeconomics, water's true utility and government regulation, and new and current practices in water management.

• environmental economics
• gender
• globalization
• Government
• neoliberalism
• Policy

• Department of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University, USA

  Kira Artemis Russo

• Northern Arizona University, USA

  Zachary A. Smith

Kira Artemis Russo received a B.S. in broadcast communication and an M.A. in history from California State University, Sacramento. She received a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University. She focuses on environmental policy, particularly water resources.

Zachary A. Smith is a Regents' Professor of Political Science at Northern Arizona University. He received his B.A. from California State University, Fullerton and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a consultant both nationally and internationally on natural resource and environmental matter, and has authored numerous books and articles on environmental and natural resource policy topics.

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