Economic valuation of benefits and costs associated with the coordinated development and management of the Zambezi river basin

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-508

  Tilmant, A ^a   Kinzelbach, W ^b   Juizo, D ^c   Beevers, L ^d   Senn, D ^b   Casarotto, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Universidad Eduardo Mondlane   (Mozambique)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydro economic optimization; Hydropower; Irrigation; Water resourcesmanagement; Zambezi basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862687981     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.189     Document Type: Article

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