Evaluating water market products to acquire water for the environment in Australia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 427-436

  Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Garrick, Dustin ^b   Loch, Adam ^a   Bjornlund, Henning ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental water flows; Water market products; Water markets

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARKET CONDITIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861008159     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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