Economic Aspects of Irrigation Water Pricing

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-46

  Tsur, Yacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

RENEWABLE FRESH WATER RESOURCES; WATER PRICING; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

WATER;

COSTS; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 18944381943     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj300131     Document Type: Article

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