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Economic efficiency and distributive consequences of interbasin water transfers : a framework for analysis

Creator:: Beattie, Bruce R.
Abstract:: If informed and rational judgments are to be made concerning proposed large scale interbasin water diversions, it is imperative that competent positive analysis be undertaken by scientists of relevant disciplines. It is the primary purpose of this thesis to pull together into a single interrelated package, the economic theory needed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with the application of welfare concepts to problems of water resource development. Baumol (1967

Multiple objective planning procedures in water resource development : the trade-off ratio

Creator:: Lynne, Gary D.
Abstract:: The social and economic objectives of society in the United States are many and varied. All objectives, in turn, cannot be achieved simultaneously because of a finite resource base. The problem of finding an optimum, in some sense, level of achievement for the various objectives is complicated by lack of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PLANNING PROCEDURES IN WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: THE TRADE-OFF RATIO Abstract

An economic analysis of the Kang Krachan multi-purpose water development project, Petchburi, Thailand

Creator:: Indrapalita, Aroon
Abstract:: The Petchburi Irrigation Project was built in the southern part of the Central Plain of Thailand in 1942. The purpose of the project was to divert water from the Petchburi River to irrigate the principal part of the Petchburi Plain where lands were used for rice and upland crop production....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the U. S. can be applied to multi..purpose water resource development pro.. jects in Thailand. 11

An investigation of alternative means of achieving water quality objectives

Creator:: Kerri, Kenneth Donald
Abstract:: Storage of water for water quality control is one of the alternative means of achieving water quality objectives. Authorities in the field of water quality management disagree regarding the use of precious water for the dilution of wastes. The costs of achieving water quality objectives by treatment of wastes at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: development should prove helpful to persons administering water quality management programs. To encourage

Optimal expansion of a water resource system and issues of water allocation and utilization : Umatilla River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Lin, Biing-Hwan
Abstract:: In the past decade considerable research in several disciplines has been oriented toward the design of optimal capacity expansion plans for water resource systems. The emphasis of most of these efforts has been directed toward minimization total cost outlays in project planning. This focus somewhat limits the full applicability of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An evaluation of planning for water quality control in the Willamette River Basin

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Kenton
Abstract:: It is no longer possible in any area of the United States to formulate water resources plans for single purpose projects as has been done in past years. No longer can one of our greatest natural resources, water, be used solely for navigation, power generation, irrigation, or controlled for reducing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for water resource development have been suggested and used across the country in an effort to

A study of conflict in natural resource use: evaluation of recreational benefits as related to changes in water quality

Creator:: Stevens, Joe Bruce
Abstract:: The evaluation of social investment in water pollution control has been retarded by a lack of methodology with which to evaluate the direct benefits. The objective of this dissertation was to develop theory and methodology for estimating direct recreational benefits associated with the protection of sport fisheries. An inter-disciplinary case...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Industrial and commercial uses of water are increasing with population growth and economic development. The

The Periyar-Vaigai project (India) : - a geographical appraisal of water resource development

Creator:: Vedanayagam, Edith G., 1926-
Abstract:: The Periyar-Vaigai project is one of the important water resource developments in South India, designed and constructed in part during the last decade of the nineteenth century, to accelerate the growth of the economy of Madras state. A noteworthy feature of this project is that the waters of the westward...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: PERIYAR-VAIGAI PROJECT (INDIA) . A GEOGRAPHICAL APPRAISAL OF A WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT by Edith

A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

Creator:: Holloway, Milton L.
Abstract:: The competition or rivalry for the use of water resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geographical regions of the western United States has intensified in recent years. This rivalry and the long run prospects for water shortages have increased the demand for research concerning the productivity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: answers to questions regarding future water resource development alternatives. Agriculture has

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Economic efficiency and distributive consequences of interbasin water transfers : a framework for analysis

Multiple objective planning procedures in water resource development : the trade-off ratio

An economic analysis of the Kang Krachan multi-purpose water development project, Petchburi, Thailand

An investigation of alternative means of achieving water quality objectives

Optimal expansion of a water resource system and issues of water allocation and utilization : Umatilla River Basin, Oregon

An evaluation of planning for water quality control in the Willamette River Basin

A study of conflict in natural resource use: evaluation of recreational benefits as related to changes in water quality

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

The Periyar-Vaigai project (India) : - a geographical appraisal of water resource development

A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

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