Water trading at the margin: The evolution of water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Turral, H N ^a   Etchells, T ^b   Malano, H M M ^b   Wijedasa, H A ^b   Taylor, P ^c,d   McMahon, T A M ^b   Austin, N ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

^d Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MARKETING; WATER RESOURCES;

AUSTRALIA; INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; MURRAY DARLING BASIN; WATER TRADING;

SURFACE WATERS;

MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MURRAY BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 23944464885     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003463     Document Type: Article

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