Adapting water policy tools to new issues: Lessons from Colorado's experience over time

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-60

  Gallaher, Samuel ^a   Heikkila, Tanya ^a   Patterson, Will ^a   Frank, Vanessa ^a   Weible, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado water policy; Eras of water policy; Policy tools; Water laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875167329     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.027     Document Type: Article

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