The assessment of irrigation efficiency in Buyuk Menderes Basin

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1081-1095

  Yilmaz, Baris ^a   Yurdusev, Mehmet Ali ^b   Harmancioglu, Nilgun B ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buyuk Menderes Basin; Data Envelopment Analysis; Irrigation efficiency; Turkey; Value judgements; Weight restrictions

Indexed keywords

BUYUK MENDERES BASIN; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; TURKEY; VALUE JUDGEMENTS; WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; MENDERES BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 63649102893     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9316-y     Document Type: Article

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