A dynamic water accounting framework based on marginal resource opportunity cost

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1457-1467

  Tilmant, A ^a   Marques, G ^b   Mohamed, Y ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Hydraulic Research Center   (Sudan)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC MODELING; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MULTIPLE SERVICES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER BODY; WATER ACCOUNTINGS;

RIVERS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER DEMAND;

NILE BASIN;

EID: 84925433196     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1457-2015     Document Type: Article

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