Investigation of farmers' willingness to pay for using recycled water for irrigation in Thessaly region, Greece

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 329-334

  Bakopoulou, S ^a   Polyzos, S ^a   Kungolos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Farmers; Recycled water; Thessaly region; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NONMARKET; PERSONAL DATA; RECYCLED WATER; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; TREATED WASTEWATER; WATER SHORTAGES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONTINGENT VALUATION; IRRIGATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 71849093554     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.051     Document Type: Article

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