Economic valuation of resuscitating the Dead Sea

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-370

  Becker, Nir ^a   Katz, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Contingent valuation; Dead Sea; Travel cost; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746880225     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2006.050     Document Type: Article

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