The downstream externalities of harvesting rainwater in semi-arid watersheds: An Indian case study

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1162-1170

  Bouma, Jetske A ^a   Biggs, Trent W ^b   Bouwer, Laurens M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Downstream externalities; Groundwater irrigation; Monte carlo simulation; Water re allocation; Watershed development

Indexed keywords

CROP WATER USE; DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS; DOWNSTREAM EXTERNALITIES; DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INVESTMENT COSTS; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID WATERSHED; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 79955086854     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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