The impacts of management reform on irrigation water use efficiency in the Guanzhong plain, China

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 455-475

  Tang, Jianjun ^a   Folmer, Henk ^a,b   van der Vlist, Arno J ^a   Xue, Jianhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Irrigation water technical efficiency; Joint stock co operative; Private company; Stochastic frontier analysis; Water user association

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REFORM PROCESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

EID: 84902112511     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12064     Document Type: Article

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