Water value, resource rent recovery and economic welfare cost of environmental protection: A water-sector model for the Steelpoort sub-basin in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Hassan, R M ^a   Farolfi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Price elasticity of demand; Resource rent and subsidies; Water sector model; Water value

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COSTS; CURVE FITTING; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

OFFSTREAM; RESOURCE RENT (RR); STEELPORT SUB-BASIN (SPSB); WATER VALUE;

WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VALUATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STEELPOORT BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744293338     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v31i1.5115     Document Type: Article

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