Marketing the Colorado River: Water allocations in the American Southwest

Water History

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-62

  Summitt, April R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Colorado River; Rivers; Water; Water banking; Water markets

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; MARKETING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79955686655     PISSN: 18777236     EISSN: 18777244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12685-010-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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