Conserving reservoir water storage: An economic appraisal

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kawashima, Shigekazu ^a,b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

DAM MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 34347258168     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005090     Document Type: Article

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