Drivers of Economic Information in River Basin Planning

Josefina Maestu and Carlos Gomez

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2011, vol. 27, issue 4, 665-676

Abstract: Modern water policy requires new kinds of economic information in order to improve the ability of stakeholders and water authorities to analyze the whole set of alternatives available, to provide transparency and to assess and adapt water decisions to the emerging water management challenges. Considering this, we present an overview of the main drivers of economic information in the European water policy agenda as defined by the Water Framework Directive. After a brief introduction, the paper explains how basic economic statistics have been used to carry out the economic analysis of water use for the preparation of river basin management plans. We present the strategies used to enhance the usefulness of the economic information already available. The paper ends with a reflection on what parts of the economic information gaps have been satisfactorily dealt with and what the remaining gaps are.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2011.619910

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