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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Conflicts over Water in the Upper Klamath Basin and the Potential Role for Market-Based Allocations
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| Autores: |
Jaeger, William K.
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| Data: |
2006-10-06
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Endangered species
Instream flow
Irrigation
Klamath Basin
Linear programming model
Voluntary water transfer
Water market
Water supply reduction
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
The curtailment of irrigation on the Klamath Reclamation Project in 2001 is estimated to have cost farmers more than $35 million. This study examines how alternative water allocations among irrigators in the Upper Klamath Basin could have lowered those costs. Per acre marginal water values vary by a factor of 20 due primarily to variations in soil productivity, with the highest productivity lands concentrated in the federal Project. A linear programming model estimates costs for alternative allocations. Findings indicate that compared to the 2001 allocation, costs could be reduced by 75% with a market-based approach.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23870
http://purl.umn.edu/31103
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 29, Number 02, August 2004
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| Formato: |
18
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