The use of a hydrological-economic model to assess sustainability in groundwater-dependent agriculture in drylands

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-91

  Valderrama, Jaime Martínez ^a   Ibáñez, Javier ^b   Alcalá, Francisco J ^a,c   Dominguez, Alfonso ^d   Yassin, Mohammed ^e   Puigdefábregas, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^e Centre de Recherche Forestiere   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Degradation risk; Stability analysis; System dynamic models; Unconfined aquifers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CAUSAL CHAINS; DRY LAND; ECONOMIC MODELS; LA MANCHA; OVEREXPLOITATION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SEMI ARID; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STUDY CASE; SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ECONOMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM STABILITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUSTAINABILITY; THRESHOLD; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MOROCCO; SPAIN;

EID: 79955046716     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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