The importance of operating rules and assessments of beneficial use in water resource allocation policy and management

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 731-741

  Hughes, D A ^a   Mallory, S J L ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TRC Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Operating rules; Resource economics; Water allocations; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149180406     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.035     Document Type: Article

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