Policy preferences for water sharing in Alberta, Canada

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-110

  Bjornlund, H ^a,b   Zuo, A ^b   Wheeler, S ^b   Xu, W ^a   Edwards, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rural urban gradient; Water policies; Water reallocation; Water scarcity; Water sharing; Water values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883781882     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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