Water markets as an adaptive response to climate change

Name: ZHU Tingju ZJU Faculty Homepage
Department: ZJUI
Research: Water Resource Systems Engineering, Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Integrated Modeling of Global Water-Food Systems, Climate Change Adaptation, Water Resource Economics and Policy
Document Type: Book Chapter

Chapter Title: Water markets as an adaptive response to climate change
Author: Mark W. Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Tingju Zhu
Chapter: 3
Page: 35-55
Source Title: Water Markets for the 21st Century: What Have We Learned
Author/Author of Source: Easter K. William;Huang Qiuqiong
Publisher: Springer
P-ISBN: 9789401790802
E-ISBN: 9789401790819
Abstract: The chapter reviews the status of and potential for water markets as an adaptive response to climate change, with implications for developing countries. An analysis of several climate change scenarios suggests increasing pressure on water supplies relative to demand, and points to regions of the world where water markets could help efficiently move water among users. Growing water scarcity and variability due to climate change might well propel development of new water markets given the significant potential of water markets to alleviate growing water stress both in the long run and in response to short term water variability.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9081-9_3