Journal
WATER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 237-256Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1416444
Keywords
Option contracts; climate change; adaptation; water markets; urban water; Chile
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- International Development Research Centre of Canada [107081-001]
- CONICYT/FONDAP [15110017]
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Climate change-induced extreme events pose an important challenge for urban water managers. In Santiago (Chile), the total cost of such events can be reduced by an option contract that sets ex ante water prices and water volumes to be traded when certain triggering conditions are met. This article discusses two types of option contracts: water leasing to trade water from agriculture to urban uses during droughts; and a savings option contract to reduce urban water consumption during short-term turbidity events. We find that water option contracts are flexible instruments that improve the distribution of hydrological risks.
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