Structural impediments to sustainable groundwater management in the High Plains Aquifer of western Kansas

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 401-417

  Sanderson, Matthew R ^a   Frey, R Scott ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Development; Ecological unequal exchange; Environment; High Plains; Metabolic rift; Ogallala; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938742668     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-014-9567-6     Document Type: Article

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