Evaluating the potentials of deficit irrigation as an adaptive response to climate change and environmental demand

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1139-1150

  Mushtaq, Shahbaz ^a   Moghaddasi, Mahnoosh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Deficit irrigation; Environmental water demand; Non linear programming; Production function; Profit function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 82655181867     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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