Efficiency, equity, and sustainability in a water quantity-quality optimization model in the Rio Grande basin

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-37

  Ward, Frank A ^a   Pulido Velázquez, Manuel ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basin scale analysis; Environmental policy; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRICING POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ALBUQUERQUE; EL PASO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449134369     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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