Reflections on New Zealand Water |
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| Authors: | LLOYD BURTON |
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| Institution: | Director of the Program in Environmental Law and Policy in the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver. |
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| Abstract: | Implementing the RMA compels those responsible for managing the allocation and end-use of water resources to simultaneously address several conceptual issues. These include the forced expansion of the range of relevant management values, the determination of whether water is a commons or a commodity, regionalism, opportunity costs in allocation, and efficiency of end-use. New Zealand's relative success in this endeavour can provide important lessons for other English-speaking common law nations around the Pacific Rim. |
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