Issue Information – TOC

• Published date: 01 November 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12125
• Date: 01 November 2016

Vol. 75 November 2016 No. 5

Editor’s Introduction: Nature, Economy, and Equity: Sacred Water,

Profane Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1049

Nature, Economy, and Equity: Sacred Water, Profane Markets—

Mason Gaffney ........ .......................... 1064

Chapter 1 The Sacred Gifts of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065

The Two Primary Options in Contemporary Environmental

Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067

Pricing as a Tool to Disintegrate Monopoly Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087

Chapter 2 The Status Quo: How Water is Used and Abused Today 1090

Introduction: Multiple Abuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090

Reclaiming the Sacred in a Secular World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098

How Economists Could Be the Natural Allies of Sacralists . . . . . . . 1100

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102

Chapter 3 Water in California: How It Can Help Us Understand the

World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104

Types of Tenure of Water in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111

Evaluating Water Rights in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124

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