The economic value of water in metropolitan areas of the United States

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-458

  Gerrity, Daniel ^a   Snyder, Shane ^a  

^a SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP); Metropolitan area; Water withdrawals

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051517390     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.047     Document Type: Article

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