The changing profile of water traders in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1333-1343

  Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,b   Zuo, Alec ^a   Shanahan, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Victoria; Water allocations; Water entitlements; Water markets

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; VICTORIA; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER MARKET;

FARMS; IRRIGATION;

COMMERCE;

FARM SIZE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77953132495     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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