Water Markets and their Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts in Australia
- Resumen
- Water markets have been vigorously pursued in Australia as instruments to minimize the socioeconomic impact of increased scarcity and to provide water for environmental purposes. Initially markets were hesitantly adopted by irrigators but over the last ten years market participation has increased significantly both in the entitlement and allocation market, but most predominantly in the allocation market. There is evidence that both markets have facilitated the anticipated reallocation of water with the associated socioeconomic benefits. There are however also evidence of declining rural communities as a result of drought and policy induced scarcity or, as some argue, as a result of the operations of water markets. There is however no real evidence whether this decline has been caused by scarcity or markets; or whether, in fact, markets have reduced the socioeconomic and community impact of scarcity. With the latest generation of legislative changes, including statutory based water planning processes defining the consumptive pool of water and provisions for environmental and other public benefits, more secure water entitlements and water registers and an unbundling of the rights embedded in the traditional water entitlement, the scene seems to be set for the introduction of more sophisticated water market instruments and water products.
- Autor
- Bjornlund, Henning
- Palabras Clave
- Australia, Agua, Comercio y consumo, Medio social
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Documentos
- Ponencia ( 16 pag, 364 Kb )
- Presentación
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