Best practice pricing principles and the politics of water pricing

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-97

  Cooper, Bethany ^a   Crase, Lin ^a   Pawsey, Nicholas ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment frameworks; Best practice pricing; Subsidised assets; Water prices

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS; BEST PRACTICES; SUBSIDISED ASSETS; WATER PRICES; WATER PRICING;

EID: 84908350829     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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