Economic valuation of a multiple use wetland water system: A case study from india

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-98

  Mukherjee, Sacchidanand ^a   Kumar, M Dinesh ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

^b Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP)   (India)

Author keywords

Direct uses; Ecological benefits; Economic valuation; India; Multiple use system; West Bengal; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 84857588947     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.120     Document Type: Article

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