Impacts of climate variability on the irrigation sector in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-68

  Qureshi, Muhammad Ejaz ^a,c   Whitten, Stuart M ^a   Franklin, Brad ^b  

^a Ecosystem Sciences   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought; Economic impact; Irrigation water; PMP model; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894082193     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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