Measuring environmental efficiency of agricultural water use: A Luenberger environmental indicator

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-320

  Azad, Md ^a   Ancev, Tihomir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental efficiency; Irrigated enterprises; Luenberger environmental indicator; Natural resource management regions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; REGIONAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LUENBERGER ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; PERFORMANCE; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84905408532     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.037     Document Type: Article

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