Water Allocation and Management Issues in Outback Australia

Abstract

"This panel investigates several aspects of water allocation and management issues in relation to agricultural practices in the outback Australia. The papers presented will discuss empirical issues, such as comparison of behavioral responses of stakeholders to variable policy instruments and comparison of the effectiveness of market based instruments and community governance in managing commonly shared water resources; development of the analytical tool for simulation of institutional dynamics in the context of water use; and stakeholder reactions to the change in water allocation arrangements."