Water markets and soil salinity nexus: Can minimum irrigation intensities address the issue?

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-503

  Khan, Shahbaz ^a   Rana, Tariq ^a   Hanjra, Munir A ^a   Zirilli, John ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Environmental externalities; Gross margin; Murray Darling Basin; Seasonal allocations; Water entitlements; Water policy; Water trade

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; MARKETING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES; GROSS MARGIN; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SEASONAL ALLOCATIONS; WATER ENTITLEMENTS; WATER POLICY; WATER TRADE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IRRIGATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 58549106969     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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