Evaluating Water Projects
Johansson, Per-Olov; Kristrom, Bengt
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Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics. Num Pages: 75 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
Should more water be diverted to or from electricity generation? This timely question is addressed in this short volume. Two different approaches are introduced and compared:
The first is a cost-benefit analysis, examining the case of re-regulating a Swedish hydropower plant in which water is diverted from electricity generation to the downstream dryway. The proposed scenario generates environmental and other benefits, but comes at a cost in terms of lost electricity.
The second study introduces an approach very different from the one used in conventional cost-benefit analysis, and provides a set of measures designed so that most, if ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Economics
Number of Pages
67
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642367892
SKU
V9783642367892
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99-15
About Johansson, Per-Olov; Kristrom, Bengt
Per-Olov Johansson is Professor emeritus in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has held a professorship (II) in health economics at the department of Economics at the University of Oslo and a professorship in resource and environmental economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. He has published more than 10 books internationally and more than 100 ... Read more
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