Climate change and environmental water reallocation in the Murray-Darling Basin: Impacts on flows, diversions and economic returns to irrigation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 120-129

  Kirby, J M ^a   Connor, J ^a   Ahmad, M D ^a   Gao, L ^a   Mainuddin, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental flows; Irrigation economics; Murray Darling Basin; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RETURNS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; ON FLOW; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC THEORY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER FLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84907229878     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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