Impact of contract structure and risk aversion on interutility water transfer agreements

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-111

  Caldwell, Casey ^a   Characklis, Gregory W ^b  

^a Water Resources Engineer Hydrologics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Regional supply management; Risk; Water transfers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISKS; SALES;

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; SIMULATION APPROACH; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY RELIABILITY; TRANSFER AGREEMENT; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS; WATER TRANSFERS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

UTILITY SECTOR; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84896067708     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000317     Document Type: Article

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