On the Marketisation of Water: Evidence from the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 913-926

  Quentin Grafton, R ^a   Horne, James ^a   Wheeler, Sarah Ann ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Murray Darling Basin; Water markets

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ADAPTATION RESPONSE; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; MURRAY-DARLING BASINS (MDB); WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER MARKET;

COMMERCE;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARKETING; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84957429896     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1199-0     Document Type: Article

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