Cap-and-trade of water rights: A sustainable way out of Australia's rural water problems?

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 318-326

  Burdack, Doreen ^a   Biewald, Anne ^b   Lotze Campen, Hermann ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Cap and trade schemes; Rural water management; Sustain ability; Water policy; Water right trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919675453     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.23.4.7     Document Type: Article

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