Estimating the demand for irrigation water in the Central Valley of California

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-505

  Hooker, Mark A ^a   Alexander, Wendy E ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Capital One Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Surface water; Water demand; Water markets

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER DEMAND; WATER MARKETS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; WATER DEMAND;

CALIFORNIA; USA;

EID: 0032102250     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1998.tb00949.x     Document Type: Article

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