Water Resource Library

The Role of Land Use in Adaptation to Increased Precipitation and Flooding: A Case Study in Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River Basin
Carolyn Kousky, Sheila M. Olmstead, Margaret A. Walls, Adam Stern, Molly K. Macauley
RFF Report | November 2011
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The Benefits of Achieving the Chesapeake Bay TDMLs: A Scoping Study
Maureen Cropper, William Isaac
RFF Feature | September 13, 2011

Use Prices to Conserve Water when Supplies are Scarce
Erin Mansur and Sheila M. Olmstead
RFF Policy Commentary | August 8, 2011

Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Erosion: Policy Options to Help Communities Adapt
James N. Sanchirico
Resources | Summer 2011

Next Generation Stormwater Management: Benefits, Costs, and Policy
Amy W. Ando
RFF Policy Commentary | May 16, 2011

Who’s Benefitting from the National Flood Insurance Program?
Okmyung Bin, John A. Bishop, Carolyn Kousky
Feature on RFF Discussion Paper 11-14 | March 29, 2011

Redistributional Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program
Okmyung Bin, John A. Bishop, Carolyn Kousky
RFF Discussion Paper 11-14 | March 2011

Climate Adaptation and Watershed Transboundary Governance Institutions
Marc K. Landry
Issue Brief 10-08 | June 2010

Adaptations to Sustain High-Quality Freshwater Supplies in Response to Climate Change
Alan P. Covich
Issue Brief 10-05 | June 2010

Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program
Carolyn Kousky
Issue Brief 10-01 | February 2010

Encouraging Adaptation to Climate Change: Long-Term Flood Insurance
Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Issue Brief 09-13 | December 2009

Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes
Carolyn Kousky, Olga Rostapshova, Michael A. Toman, Richard Zeckhauser
RFF Discussion Paper 09-54 | November 2009

A New Approach to Reforming National Flood Insurance
Leonard Shabman
RFF Policy Commentary | September 7, 2009

Information Disclosure and Drinking Water Quality
Lori D. Snyder, Sheila M. Olmstead
Resources | Fall 2009

Improving Flood Insurance and Flood Risk Management: Insights from St. Louis, Missouri
Carolyn Kousky, Howard Kunreuther
RFF Discussion Paper 09-07 | March 2009

Climate Change and Risk Management: Challenges for Insurance, Adaptation, and Loss Estimation
Carolyn Kousky, Roger M. Cooke
RFF Discussion Paper 09-03 | February 2009

Comparing Price and Non-price Approaches to Urban Water Conservation
Sheila M. Olmstead, Robert N. Stavins
RFF Discussion Paper 08-22 | June 2008

Economies of Scale in Community Water Systems
Jhih-Shyang Shih, Winston Harrington, William Pizer, and Kenneth Gillingham
RFF Discussion Paper 04-15 | March 2004

Do Consumers React to the Shape of Supply? Water Demand under Heterogeneous Price Structures
Sheila M. Olmstead, W. Michael Hanemann, Robert N. Stavins
RFF Discussion Paper 05-29 | June 2005