Managing drought through water markets: Farmer preferences in the Rio Grande Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 594-605

  Hadjigeorgalis, Ereney ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Public participation; Water allocation; Water markets; Water policy; Water scarcity economics

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IRRIGATION; MARKETING;

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER MARKETS; WATER POLICY; WATER SCARCITY ECONOMICS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IRRIGATION; MARKETING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DROUGHT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARKET; POPULATION GROWTH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE BASIN;

EID: 44049106213     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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