Governance of Water Supply Systems in the Palestinian Territories: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach to the Management of Water Resources
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2008
Keywords
Governance of Palestinian Territories, Data envelopment analysis, Water management benchmarks, Water use efficiency
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.008
Abstract
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.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Environmental Management, v. 87, issue 1, p. 80-94
Scholar Commons Citation
Alsharif, Kamal; Feroz, Ehsan H.; Klemer, Andrew; and Raab, Raymond, "Governance of Water Supply Systems in the Palestinian Territories: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach to the Management of Water Resources" (2008). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 1301.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1301
