Groundwater balance and conservation under different water pricing and agricultural policy scenarios: A case study of the Hamadan-Bahar plain

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-872

  Balali, Hamid ^a   Khalilian, Sadegh ^b   Viaggi, Davide ^c   Bartolini, Fabio ^c   Ahmadian, Majid ^d  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Dynamic programming; Groundwater; Pricing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AQUIFER; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRICING POLICY; STATE ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELL;

IRAN;

EID: 79952069449     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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