TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance of Water Supply Systems in the Palestinian Territories: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach to the Management of Water Resources
AU - Alsharif, Kamal
AU - Feroz, Ehsan H
AU - Klemer, Andrew
AU - Raab, Raymond
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - This study demonstrates that data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be a useful tool to assess the relative efficiencies of water supply systems and to establish benchmarks with which to measure progress in the management of water resources . Frontier efficiency models measure the efficiency of water use in the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and the Gaza Strip). At the municipality level, sufficient data for the years 1999–2002 were available to estimate efficiency and stability scores. The Gaza Strip efficiency scores were considerably lower than those of the West Bank. Water losses were the major source of the inefficiency as indicated by the large slacks of this input. The relative sizes of the municipalities affect efficiency scores little. Palestinian policy makers should focus on rebuilding the infrastructure of the water networks, beginning with the most DEA inefficient municipalities in order to minimize water losses.
AB - This study demonstrates that data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be a useful tool to assess the relative efficiencies of water supply systems and to establish benchmarks with which to measure progress in the management of water resources . Frontier efficiency models measure the efficiency of water use in the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and the Gaza Strip). At the municipality level, sufficient data for the years 1999–2002 were available to estimate efficiency and stability scores. The Gaza Strip efficiency scores were considerably lower than those of the West Bank. Water losses were the major source of the inefficiency as indicated by the large slacks of this input. The relative sizes of the municipalities affect efficiency scores little. Palestinian policy makers should focus on rebuilding the infrastructure of the water networks, beginning with the most DEA inefficient municipalities in order to minimize water losses.
KW - Governance of Palestinian Territories
KW - Data envelopment analysis
KW - Water management benchmarks
KW - Water use efficiency
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1301
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.008
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 17379392
VL - 87
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
ER -