Water pricing and irrigation: A review of the european experience

Irrigation Water Pricing: The Gap Between Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 295-327

  Berbel, J ^a   Calatrava, J ^b   Garrido, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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