Irrigation technology decisions in the presence of waterlogging and soil salinity

Global Business and Economics Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Houk, Eric ^a   Frasier, Marshall ^b   Schuck, Eric ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

economics; irrigation; salinity; sustainability; water; waterlogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969452339     PISSN: 10974954     EISSN: 17451329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2005.008294     Document Type: Article

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