Buying back the living Murray: At what price?

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Grafton, R Q ^a,b   Hussey, K ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Crawford School of Economics and Government   (Australia)

^c National Europe Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Externalities; Living murray; Market based water recovery; Water entitlements

Indexed keywords

RECOVERY PLAN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER WATER; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 34447305452     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2007.10648704     Document Type: Article

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