Water supply and urban growth in New Mexico: Same old, same old or a new Era?

Natural Resources Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 803-834

  Lucero, Lora ^a   Dan Tarlock, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642326034     PISSN: 00280739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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