An integrated water trading-allocation model, applied to a water market in Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Zaman, A M ^a   Malano, H M ^a   Davidson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

1842 Hydrology: Irrigation; 1880 Hydrology: Water management (6334); 6344 Policy Sciences: System operation and management; Goulburn Broken Catchment; Irrigation; Systems modelling; Water transfer

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CATCHMENTS; COMMERCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; ECONOMICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MODELS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

1842 HYDROLOGY: IRRIGATION; 1880 HYDROLOGY: WATER MANAGEMENT (6334); 6344 POLICY SCIENCES: SYSTEM OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT; GOULBURN-BROKEN CATCHMENT; SYSTEMS MODELLING; WATER TRANSFER;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOPHYSICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN RIVER; GOULBURN RIVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 55549103674     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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