An economic valuation of groundwater management for Agriculture in Luancheng county, North China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-36

  Ma, Fengjiao ^a,b   Gao, Hui ^a,b   Eneji, A Egrinya ^c   Jin, Zhanzhong ^d   Han, Lipu ^a   Liu, Jintong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Irrigation scenario; Net value; North China Plain; Resource price; Underground water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; EVALUATION MODELING; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; NET VALUE; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; RESOURCE PRICE; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; IRRIGATION; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; HEBEI; LUANCHENG;

EID: 84941308905     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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