Upstream dams and downstream water allocation: The case of the Hadejia-Jama'are floodplain, northern Nigeria

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Barbier, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic hydrological analysis; Floodplain management; Hadejia Jama'are River Basin; Nigeria; Upstream water diversion

Indexed keywords

DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW;

UPSTREAM DAMS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1542757484     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002249     Document Type: Article

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