Mandates vs markets: Addressing over-allocation of Pacific Northwest River Basins

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-317

  Slaughter, Richard A ^a   Hamlet, Alan F ^a   Huppert, Daniel ^a   Hamilton, Joel ^b   Mote, Philip W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Hydroelectric; Mandate; Salmon; Water allocation; Water marketing; Water right

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954519352     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.152     Document Type: Article

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