Mathematical optimisation of drainage and economic land use for target water and salt yields

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-402

  Nordblom, Tom ^a   Hume, Iain ^b   Bathgate, Andrew ^b   Reynolds, Michael ^b  

^a DPI   (United States)

^b DPI ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Discounting; Landuse; NPV; Opportunity cost; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SALT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER YIELD;

EID: 33748292957     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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