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Water scarcity and urban household water tariff strategies in Beijing / by Cai Ximi.

By:

Ximi, Cai [author]

Contributor(s):

Nacpil, Bishop Emerito P [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : Cavite State University-Main Campus, 2011.Description: x, 69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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DDC classification:

363.6 X4 2011

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Production credits:

Graduate School and Open Learning College (GSOLC)

Abstract: XIMI, CAI, Water Scarcity and Urban Household Water Tariff Strategies in Beijing. A dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy in Management. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. May 2011. Adviser: Bishop Emerito P. Nacpil. Water is crucial for, virtually, every industry of the economy. Yet water is becoming scarcer globally and every indication is that it will become an issue of national security for most countries. Rise in the population coupled with rapid industrial, economic and social developments has resulted in a quantum increase in water demand. However, overexploitation of existing water resources means that the current situation tends to get even worse and create significant challenges. Policy makers have been compelled to explore new approaches to improve the demand management practices of water resources. A review of existing literature indicates that water tariff instruments, among various measures, are well known policy handles to influence household water demand effectively. In a case study of Beijing, the capital city of China, the situation of water resources was presented and the history of uniform water tariff was reviewed. Water tariff reform in Beijing and some other overseas cities have been engaged to encourage the efficient use of water resources. In addition to the water use efficiency principle, the equity principle, as a trade-off was also discussed. All in all, the uncertainty of designing and implementing an Increasing Block Tariff (IBT) water tariff system in Beijing was the motivation of this research project. Shifting from uniform tariff to IBT tariff structure is usually a complicated process affected by various factors, many of which are difficult to define and model.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	363.6 X4 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	T-6042		00009768

Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy in Management) Cavite State University

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Graduate School and Open Learning College (GSOLC)

XIMI, CAI, Water Scarcity and Urban Household Water Tariff Strategies in Beijing. A dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy in Management. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. May 2011. Adviser: Bishop Emerito P. Nacpil.

Water is crucial for, virtually, every industry of the economy. Yet water is becoming scarcer globally and every indication is that it will become an issue of national security for most countries. Rise in the population coupled with rapid industrial, economic and social developments has resulted in a quantum increase in water demand.

However, overexploitation of existing water resources means that the current situation tends to get even worse and create significant challenges.

Policy makers have been compelled to explore new approaches to improve the demand management practices of water resources. A review of existing literature indicates that water tariff instruments, among various measures, are well known policy handles to influence household water demand effectively.

In a case study of Beijing, the capital city of China, the situation of water resources was presented and the history of uniform water tariff was reviewed. Water tariff reform in Beijing and some other overseas cities have been engaged to encourage the efficient use of water resources. In addition to the water use efficiency principle, the equity principle, as a trade-off was also discussed.

All in all, the uncertainty of designing and implementing an Increasing Block Tariff (IBT) water tariff system in Beijing was the motivation of this research project. Shifting from uniform tariff to IBT tariff structure is usually a complicated process affected by various factors, many of which are difficult to define and model.

Submitted to the University Library 08/04/2020 T-6042