Averting expenditures and valuation of damages: Two methods for assessing the benefits of water filtration in Israel

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-303

  Lavee, Doron ^a,b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b Pareto Engineering Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Averting cost; Damage valuation; Water filtration; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950823168     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.081     Document Type: Article

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