Economic aspects of sustainable water use: Evidence from a horizontal comparison of European cities

International Journal of Water

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-94

  Dalhuisen, Jasper M ^a   De Groot, Henri L F ^a   Rodenburg, Caroline A ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cities; Full cost recovery; Liberalization; Price instruments; Privatization; Sustainable water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646361772     PISSN: 14656620     EISSN: 17415322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2002.002080     Document Type: Article

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