Comparing a best management practice scorecard with an auction metric to select proposals in a water quality tender

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Rolfe, John ^a   Windle, Jill ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auction metric; Best management practice; Great Barrier Reef; Input based; Output based; Water quality tender

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LANDHOLDING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPENDING; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77956736628     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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