Establishing tradable water rights: Case studies of two irrigation districts in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-310

  Armitage, R M ^a   Nieuwoudt, W L ^a   Backeberg, G R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032788742     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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