An application of the Contingent Valuation Method to assess the efficiency of the institutional structure of irrigation property rights: The case of the Peninsula of Santa Elena, Ecuador

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 537-551

  Herrera, Paúl A ^a,b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^b   Espinel, Ramón L ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (CVM); WILLINGNESS TO PAY (WTP);

IRRIGATION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS; IRRIGATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ECUADOR; GUAYAS; PUNTILLA SANTA ELENA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144333036     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900620412331319171     Document Type: Article

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