DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3925-2015
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84942645824
论文题名: Definition of efficient scarcity-based water pricing policies through stochastic programming
作者: Macian-Sorribes H ; , Pulido-Velazquez M ; , Tilmant A
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2015
卷: 19, 期: 9 起始页码: 3925
结束页码: 3935
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Economics
; Efficiency
; Stochastic models
; Stochastic programming
; Stochastic systems
; Water conservation
; Water resources
; Economic efficiency
; Economic modeling
; Integrated Water Resources Management
; Marginal values
; Opportunity costs
; Optimal decisions
; Pricing policy
; Water pricing policies
; Costs
; cost analysis
; pricing policy
; stochasticity
; water management
; water resource
; water use
; Mijares Basin
; Spain
英文摘要: Finding ways to improve the efficiency in water usage is one of the most important challenges in integrated water resources management. One of the most promising solutions is the use of scarcity-based pricing policies. This contribution presents a procedure to design efficient pricing policies based on the opportunity cost of water at the basin scale. Time series of the marginal value of water are obtained using a stochastic hydro-economic model. Those series are then post-processed to define step pricing policies, which depend on the state of the system at each time step. The case study of the Mijares River basin system (Spain) is used to illustrate the method. The results show that the application of scarcity-based pricing policies increases the economic efficiency of water use in the basin, allocating water to the highest-value uses and generating an incentive for water conservation during the scarcity periods. The resulting benefits are close to those obtained with the economically optimal decisions. © 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/78423
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作者单位: Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain; Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Macian-Sorribes H,, Pulido-Velazquez M,, Tilmant A. Definition of efficient scarcity-based water pricing policies through stochastic programming[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2015-01-01,19(9)