Valuing Improvements in The Water Rights System in South Africa: A Contingent Ranking Approach

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1133-1144

  Speelman, Stijn ^a   Farolfi, Stefano ^b   Frija, Aymen ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Contingent ranking; Irrigation; South Africa; Water allocation; Water policy; Water resources economics; Water rights; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DEPRECIATION; ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENT RANKING; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER POLICIES; WATER RIGHTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

INTERNATIONAL LAW;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78649746812     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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