The costs of drought: The 2007/2008 case of Barcelona

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-560

  Martin Ortega, Julia ^a   González Eguino, Mikel ^b   Markandya, Anil ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Climate change; Costs; Drought; Non market losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862684051     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.121     Document Type: Article

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