This book presents a valuable new tool for water management -   water resource accounting - which significantly advances the economic   analysis of water. Water resource accounts integrate detailed information   about water supply and use with national income accounts to show the   economic use of water, costs and tariffs paid, and the economic value of   water for different economic uses.    Based on the UN's handbook for environmental accounting, this book   describes the implementation and policy application of water accounts in   three African countries - Botswana, Namibia and South Africa - and   discusses how they have been used by water managers. The book compares   water use across the three countries, explaining the differences in water   resources and water policy. In addition to the comprehensive outline of   physical and monetary water accounts for each country, the authors provide   an extensive discussion of water valuation as well as addressing a number   of issues of regional importance, including water accounting for an   international river basin and the impact of trade on each country's water   use.    By demonstrating the usefulness of water resource accounts, this book   makes a major contribution to the literature on water economics and   management, sustainable development, and to the development of   environmental accounting in general. The Economics of Water Management in   Southern Africa will appeal to a wide readership including:    * environmental and development economists  * NGOs concerned with sustainable development  * environmental advocacy groups  * professionals (economists and environmentalists) working in Africa on   water and sustainable development issues  * water professionals  * national accounts experts and statisticians.

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