Can economists value water's multiple benefits?

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-362

  Batten, David F ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex system; Economic models; Valuation; Water benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547669181     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.020     Document Type: Article

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