The paper assesses the potential role for economic instruments in the regulation of water pollution and abstraction in the light of the UK government?s discussion documents. Economic instruments offer the potential for greater cost efficiency in achieving environmental targets than existing...

Models are used to estimate potential physical and biological impacts, efficient adaptations, and residual damages from climate change. The contributors cover a broad array of climate change impacts on affected market sectors (including water supply, agriculture, coastal resources, timber, and...