Water Conference
- Opening Day 1: Hon Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture
- Water and Agriculture : A Strategic Overview
- Motueka Integrated Catchment Management
- Water is the Sink
- The Four Laws of Ecology
- The Motueka Integrated Catchment Management Research Programme
- Research Themes
- Partnerships
- Conclusion
- Economic Efficiency in Water Allocation
- 1. Economic Efficiency in a Perfect Market
- 1.2 Requirements for Efficient Allocation
- 1.3 Methods of Allocation
- 2. Markets
- 2.1 Pricing and Charging Mechanisms
- 2.2. Requirements for Trading
- 2.3 Development of Markets
- 2.4 Barriers to Markets
- 3. Market failure and externalities: Allocation using other means
- 3.1 Maximizing Employment or Value Added Impacts
- 3.2 The RMA
- 4 - Summary and conclusion
- Economics of Water Use: Issues for Allocation
- Water Markets
- Abstract
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Need for water
- 3 - Review of theory
- 4 - Issues in developing markets
- 5 - Anxieties
- 6 - New Zealand characteristics to consider
- 7 - Approach
- 8 - Conclusion
- References
- Governance, Funding, Planning, Design and Socio-Economic Impacts of Large Scale Irrigation Schemes
- A. Putting the Discussion in Context
- B. What Defines Large Scale Water Enhancement Projects
- C. What is the Current Level of Interest in These Projects
- D. What Are the Particular Issues Involved In These Development Options That Make Them Different?
- E. Development Pathways for Water Enhancement Projects
- F. Key Issues to be Addressed by Initiating Groups
- G. Main Issues Identified in MAF-Sponsored Studies
- Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation: A Case Study in Community Development
- Opening Day 2: Hon Marian Hobbs, Minister for the Environment
- Valuation of Instream Issues
- Panel presentation - Murray Taggart
- Recreational Users' Perspective
- New Zealand Irrigation Association
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