Groundwater irrigation and its implications for water policy in semiarid countries: The Spanish experience

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-349

  Garrido, Alberto ^a   Martínez Santos, Pedro ^b   Llamas, M Ramón ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Royal Academy of Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater economics; Groundwater management; Irrigation; Spain; Water policy

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33645065095     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-005-0006-z     Document Type: Article

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