How Long to Read Water Woes in the West

How Long Does it Take to Read Water Woes in the West?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Water Woes in the West by Amrita Singh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In addition to irrigation and consumption, water provides recreational, aesthetic, and ecosystem services. These services are not traded in traditional markets and thus do not have an observable market price. Assigning monetary values to environmental goods and services allows policy makers to compare the costs and benefits of waterbodies to the economic value of alternative uses. This monetization is especially important given the precarious state of waterbodies all over the world, which are subject to drastic declines in water levels and persistent pollution from urban and agricultural runoff. Given these conditions, waterbodies will require costly remediation efforts in the near future.The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the monetary values of two such waterbodies in the Southwestern United States (US): the Salton Sea in southeast California, and Lake Mead in Clark County, Nevada, which is also the primary water source for Las Vegas and for other large urban centers in the Southwest. Typically economic valuation methods include hedonic pricing, travel costs, and contingent valuation techniques. After examining all three methods and reviewing preexisting economic valuation studies on waterbodies, I use the hedonic price method and recent residential sales near both waterbodies to determine the economic costs of environmental degradation at both waterbodies.In general, hedonic studies find that both proximity and environmental quality of waterbody sites are positively capitalized within the housing market. Although this is a consistent result in much of the economic valuation literature, even among travel costs and contingent valuation studies, these case studies suggest that this effect is vulnerable to worsening climate conditions and unstable economic conditions. With regards to the Salton Sea, I find that the severe environmental degradation of the Sea has transformed this one-time amenity to a disamenity. Homes located farther from the Sea sell at higher values than those located closer. With regards to Lake Mead, the economic dynamics of the Las Vegas Metro Area dominate the housing market such that proximity to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in spite of its size and millions of visitors, does not seem to have an impact on the local real estate market. Taken together, results indicate that declining waterbodies have heterogeneous effects on adjacent real estate values. Results from the Salton Sea analysis, however, indicate that other declining waterbodies worldwide may adversely affect the regional economy.

How long is Water Woes in the West?

Water Woes in the West by Amrita Singh is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Water Woes in the West Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Water Woes in the West aloud.

What Reading Level is Water Woes in the West?

Water Woes in the West is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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