Regional partnerships to assist public-private investments in irrigation systems

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 839-846

  Khan, Shahbaz ^a,b,c   Mushtaq, Shahbaz ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleambally Irrigation Area; Irrigation infrastructure investment; Policy; Public private business model; Regional Irrigation Business Partners

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS INVESTMENTS; BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS; COLEAMBALLY IRRIGATION AREA; FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; IRRIGATION PLANNING; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LEGAL ASPECTS; LONG-TERM POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM RISKS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; POLICY; PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE BUSINESS MODEL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; REGIONAL IRRIGATION BUSINESS PARTNERS; REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC;

INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COLEAMBALLY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 61749083821     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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