Ground water quantity and quality management: Agricultural production and aquifer salinization over long time scales

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 616-641

  Knapp, Keith C ^a   Baerenklau, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common property; Dynamic programming; Efficiency; Ground water; Irrigation; Salinity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846461695     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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