Economic effects of climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-16

  Jiang, Qiang ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Irrigated agriculture; Water trading

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84859645386     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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