Upstream demand for water use by new tree plantations imposes externalities on downstream irrigated agriculture and wetlands

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-474

  Nordblom, Thomas L ^a   Finlayson, John D ^b   Hume, Iain H ^a  

^a EH Graham Centre Wagga   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment; Demand; Downstream externality; Entitlement; Environmental services; Evapotranspiration; Forest; Interception; Irrigation; Market; Murray Darling Basin; Supply; Urban water; Watershed; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANTATION; TREE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE VALLEY; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84866324251     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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