Markets, Policy and the Allocation of Water Resources Among Sectors: Constraints and Opportunities

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Horbulyk, Theodore M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS (EI); FEE-BASED MECHANISMS; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 18944386933     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj300155     Document Type: Article

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