The economics of managing scarce water resources

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-198

  Olmstead, Sheila M ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 77956521589     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/req004     Document Type: Article

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