Water, adaptation, and property rights on the Snake and Klamath rivers

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-321

  Slaughter, Richard A ^a   Wiener, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Institutional adaptation; Irrigation; Water law; Water markets marketing; Water policy regulation decision making

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL ADAPTATION; WATER LAW; WATER MARKETS; WATER POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; MARKETING; RUNOFF; SNOW;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; MARKETING; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; IRRIGATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

KLAMATH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947644112     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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