Balancing water demands with supplies: The role of management in a world of increasing scarcity. World Bank technical paper
The paper deals with the increasingly important topic of how to balance water demands with supplies. It examines the experience of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in influencing the behavior of water users, and draws lessons from attempts to manage demand by imposing water use regulations and employing economic incentives. The paper points out that there can be no blueprint for applying demand management practices as most countries and communities differ in their response to regulations, encouragement and incentives. Nevertheless the guiding principles described should be of considerable value to those wishing to introduce demand management techniques into their nation's water equation.
- Research Organization:
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6549242
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-180750/XAB; WORLD-BANK-TP-189
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Library of Congress catalog card No. 92-38462
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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