A framework for assessing the trade-offs between economic and environmental uses of water in a river basin

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Malano, Hector M ^a   Davidson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic water diversions; Environmental allocation; Environmental flows; Irrigation and environment trade offs; Multifunctional rivers and aquifers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953599748     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.484     Document Type: Article

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