Article
Ecological Economics and Water Resources Geography
Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education
(2009)
Abstract
The multifaceted, applied nature of water resources makes it a classic interdisciplinary field of research. Civil engineering and hydrology were long the leaders among water-related disciplines, while water law and neoclassical economics focused on decision-making rules for water resources development and allocation. In fact, cost-benefit analysis was invented by American economists as a means to evaluate public investment options in the mid-20th century era of rapid water resources development. When dealing with water resources, one bridge from geography has landed in natural resource and environmental economics, but the traffic crossing that bridge has never been very brisk.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2009.00053.x
Citation Information
Christopher L. Lant. "Ecological Economics and Water Resources Geography" Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education Vol. 142 Iss. 1 (2009) p. 52 - 55 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_lant/185/