Institutional impediments to groundwater trading: the case of the Gnangara groundwater system of Western Australia

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1046-1072

  Skurray, James H ^a,b   Pandit, Ram ^a   Pannell, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental impacts; externalities; institutions; transaction costs; water markets

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879533098     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.716368     Document Type: Article

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