The integration of water quality into transboundary allocation agreements Lessons from the southwestern United States
研究了美国西南部和墨西哥的跨界水分配协议，指出忽略水质和污染控制会带来问题，对政策制定者和水资源管理者有参考价值。
There is now a fairly substantial literature that addresses transboundary water allocation both at the international and interstate level. However, most of this literature deals almost exclusively with the question of allocation and ignores quality considerations. At the same time, there is a growing literature on transboundary pollution control and upstream/downstream externalities. What is missing is an attempt to integrate quality consideration into allocation agreements. This paper examines several allocation agreements and disputes in the southwestern United States and Mexico and looks at the ramifications of omitting pollution control and quality considerations in these negotiations.