Ending groundwater overdraft in hydrologic-economic systems

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1039-1055

  Harou, Julien J ^a   Lund, Jay R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydro economic modeling; Integrated groundwater management; Over abstraction; Tulare Basin; USA

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TULARE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349128549     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0300-7     Document Type: Article

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