Efficient water management policies for irrigation adaptation to climate change in Southern Europe

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 226-233

  Kahil, Mohamed Taher ^a   Connor, Jeffery D ^b   Albiac, Jose ^a  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Irrigation; Southern Europe; Stochastic programming; Water policies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84946744097     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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