Residential water scarcity in Cyprus: Impact of climate change and policy options

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 788-814

  Zachariadis, Theodoros ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Desalination; Pricing; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DESALINATION; FUNCTIONS; HOUSING; WATER RESOURCES;

CONSUMER SURPLUS; DEMAND FUNCTION; DESALINATION PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; WATER SHORTAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84868191147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2040788     Document Type: Article

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