Assessing agriculture-water links at the basin scale: Hydrologic and economic models of the São Francisco River Basin, Brazil

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-103

  Maneta, Marco ^a   Torres, Marcelo ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Wallender, Wesley W ^a   Allen, Summer ^a   Bassoi, Luís H ^b   Bennett, Lisa ^a   Howitt, Richard ^a   Rodrigues, Lineu ^b   Young, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basin wide water management; Brazil; Economic model of agriculture; Hydrologic modelling; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249098249     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802669496     Document Type: Article

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