George F. McMahon

The Marginalization of Federal Hydropower

An Economic Case for Adaptive Management

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Produktbeschreibung

The Marginalization of Federal Hydropower

Multipurpose federal reservoirs, and the conjunctive
and disjunctive purposes they serve, constitute a
water resource infrastructure that invariably
changes over time, reflecting not only changing
economic benefits and beneficiaries, but the
evolution of social and environmental concerns as
well. This research investigates the adaptability of
current federal policy in response to changing
values and priorities on uses of water and storage,
measured in part by (1) the continued ability to
identify the highest and best uses of storage in
federal multipurpose reservoirs presently
incorporating hydropower, and (2) the degree to
which emerging concepts of sustainability can be
accommodated and factored into the future management
of these assets.

Historically-increasing valuation of water in
alternative uses and electric power industry
deregulation have combined to reduced the economic
benefits of hydropower. In addition, heightened
public environmental concerns make imperative
adaptations to federal water policy to effect
sustainability improvements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639177756
• ISBN-10: 3639177754
• Artikelnr.: 26760658

Autorenporträt

Dr. McMahon s diverse career spans nearly four decades of water
resources planning, engineering, design and management
experience in the U.S. and abroad. He has conducted numerous
comprehensive river basin planning studies, specializing in
multipurpose reservoir engineering, water allocation and water
policy studies.