Watershed externalities, shifting cropping patterns and groundwater depletion in Indian semi-arid villages: The effect of alternative water pricing policies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-340

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Reddy, V Ratna ^b   Wani, Suhas P ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

^b Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Externalities; Groundwater depletion; India; Policy failures; Water pricing; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50249125866     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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