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Water: Allocating a Scarce Resource
Author(s) -
Campbell Thomas C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1985.tb05606.x
Subject(s) - doctrine , appropriation , water scarcity , riparian zone , economic shortage , natural resource economics , water resources , business , scarcity , resource (disambiguation) , water trading , water right , environmental economics , water resource management , economics , water conservation , computer science , environmental science , law , microeconomics , political science , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , computer network , government (linguistics) , habitat , biology
The author addresses shortcomings of the riparian doctrine of water rights as well as the prior appropriation doctrine in view of the increasing pressure on water supplies. To solve the problem of shortages that will inevitably occur, market pricing, in lieu of costly water development projects, is advocated as a means of allocating water supplies for priority uses.