An application of the contingent valuation method to estimate the loss of value of water resources due to pesticide contamination: The case of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 617-633

  Phuong, Dang Minh ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Chennat ^b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; HARVESTING; PESTICIDES; RURAL AREAS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; PESTICIDE; RURAL AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 0347949973     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0790062032000161409     Document Type: Article

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