Formal and informal water markets: Drivers of sustainable rural communities?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Bjornlund, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Sustainable rural communities; Water markets; Water transfers

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; MARKETING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IRRIGATORS; RURAL COMMUNITIES; WATER MARKETS;

WATER RESOURCES;

IRRIGATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 6344278436     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002852     Document Type: Article

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