Irrigated agricultural adaptation to water and climate variability: The economic value of a water portfolio

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 809-832

  Mukherjee, Monobina ^a   Schwabe, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; groundwater depth; hedonics; low water supply; salinity; spatial correlation; water districts; Water portfolio; water supply variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928337848     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau101     Document Type: Article

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