The development of water markets in China: Progress, peril, and prospects

Water Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-267

  Moore, Scott M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Water markets; Water rights trading; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928893767     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.063     Document Type: Article

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