Investing in recovering water for the environment in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 701-717

  Banerjee, Onil ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

computable general equilibrium model; environmental water; irrigation efficiency; Murray Darling Basin; water policy reform; water recovery

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; RECOVERY; SURFACE WATERS;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; WATER POLICY REFORM; WATER RECOVERY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; IRRIGATION; POLICY REFORM; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; MURRUMBIDGEE BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84945454003     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2014.979398     Document Type: Article

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