Interdependence in water resource development in the Ganges: An economic analysis

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 89-108

  Wu, Xun ^a   Jeuland, Marc ^b   Sadoff, Claudia ^c   Whittington, Dale ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic optimization; Ganges; Interdependence; International river basins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885406739     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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