Cities vs. agriculture: A review of intersectoral water re-allocation

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-18

  Molle, Francois ^a   Berkoff, Jeremy ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Department of Agricultural Economics ^*

Author keywords

Allocation; Irrigation; Sectoral competition; Water markets; Water resources; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 64849100149     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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