The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy

1. Introduction.

Phoebe Koundouri and Kyriaki Remoundou

PART I: CAN CHOICE EXPERIMENT HELP IN THE POLICY DESIGN PROCESS? SELECTED CASE STUDIES ON AQUASTRESS MITIGATION.

2. Choice experiments informing water resources policy making: a review.

Kyriaki Remoundou and Phoebe Koundouri

3. Local public's valuation of flood risk reduction, biodiversity conservation and recreational activities: the Polish case study

Ekin Birol, Nick Handley, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris



4. Understanding farmers' preferences for water policy design: the Portuguese case study.

Akiko Katayama, Xiaoying Liu, Hanadi Musharrafiyeh, Mare Sarr, Timothy Swanson

5. Estimating farmers' valuation of aquifer recharge with treated wastewater: the Cypriot case study

Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris

6. An Analysis of Water Users' preferences for a Community Based Management Regime to manage Groundwater Use: the Tunisian case study.

Xiaoying Liu, Hanadi Musharrafiyeh, Richard Noden, Mare Sarr and Timothy Swanson

PART II: CAN PARTICIPATORY AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS HELP IN THE POLICY DESIGN PROCESS? SELECTED CASE STUDIES ON AQUASTRESS MITIGATION.



7. The use of multi-agent based models to support water resources management: the Moroccan case study.

Ole Benjamin Schroeder, Maria Manez and Paul Jeffrey

8. Industrial water management as a water stress mitigation option: the Bulgarian and Polish case studies.

T. Wintgens, G. Dimova, I. Ribarova, E. Druzynska, M. Caruk, L.-S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, K. Tarnacki, T. Melin and D. Savic



9. Enhanced reservoir operation as an instrument for supporting water stress mitigation: the Italian case study.

Melanie Bauer, Paolo Botti, Stefania Zaccolo, Oliver Olsson

PART III: CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF WATER STRESS MITIGATION OPTIONS.

10. Defining the discount rate trajectory for the evaluation of water stress mitigation policies and projects.

Yiannis Kountouris and Phoebe Koundouri