Water allocation between the agricultural and the municipal sectors under scarcity: A financial approach analysis

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3481-3501

  Braude, Erez ^a   Hauser, Shmuel ^a   Sinuany Stern, Zilla ^b   Oron, Gideon ^b  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Agricultural sector; Conflicting interests; Municipal sector; National Water Wealth; New waters; Water allocation; Water rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGENCY COSTS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CONFLICTING INTERESTS; MUNICIPAL SECTOR; NATIONAL WATER WEALTH; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER RIGHTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; COST ANALYSIS; MODELING; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85027944871     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-0986-y     Document Type: Article

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