Assessing the economic viability of alternative water resources in water-scarce regions: Combining economic valuation, cost-benefit analysis and discounting

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-847

  Birol, Ekin ^a   Koundouri, Phoebe ^b   Kountouris, Yiannis ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquifer recharge; Choice experiment; Declining discounting; Long run cost benefit analysis; Total economic value; Treated wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECHARGE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 74549211999     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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