Investment in Irrigation Systems under Precipitation Uncertainty

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3113-3137

  Heumesser, Christine ^a   Fuss, Sabine ^b   Szolgayová, Jana ^b   Strauss, Franziska ^a   Schmid, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Austria; EPIC; Irrigation investment; Stochastic dynamic programming model; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ADEQUATE WATERS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; AUSTRIA; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EPIC; EQUIPMENT COSTS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; FOOD DEMAND; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION WATERS; OPTIMAL INVESTMENTS; OPTIMAL TIMING; PLANNING PERIOD; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PROCESS SIMULATION MODEL; SEMI ARID; SPRINKLER IRRIGATION; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL; WATER POLICIES; WATER PRICES; WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMICS;

DRIP IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGISLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84865515687     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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