Economic Costs of Sustaining Water Supplies: Findings from the Rio Grande

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2883-2909

  Ward, Frank A ^a   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economics; Hydroeconomic modelling; Hydrology; Resilient institutions; River basins; Sustainable policy; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COSTS; ECONOMIC VALUE OF WATER; FUTURE GENERATIONS; HYDROECONOMIC MODELLING; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; LONG-TERM GOALS; POLICY MAKERS; RIO GRANDE; RIVER BASINS; SUSTAINABLE POLICIES; TIME HORIZONS; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AQUIFER; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

RIO GRANDE BASIN [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84862618387     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0055-8     Document Type: Article

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