Factors determining the economic value of groundwater;Facteurs déterminant la valeur économique de l'eau souterraine

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-829

  Qureshi, M Ejaz ^a,d   Reeson, Andrew ^a   Reinelt, Peter ^b   Brozović, Nicholas ^c   Whitten, Stuart ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic value; Externalities; Groundwater management; Non extractive values; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84865419560     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-012-0867-x     Document Type: Article

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